Drawing (Graphite, ink and wash drawing)
Museum Object Number1965.0089 |
Object Name
Drawing (Graphite, ink and wash drawing)
Title
View on the Brandywine at Wilmington, Del.
Category
Works on Paper
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
Creator (Role)
Edwin Whitefield (Artist)
Creator Notes
References: Peters, America on Stone, p. 401. See Edwin Whitefield, Papers, 1841-92, Col. 102, Downs Collection. Perhaps best known for his series, Whitefield's Original View of North American Cities (by various printers). "Edwin Whitefield, landscape and flower painter, was born in Dorset, England in 1816, and emigrated to the United States by 1838. He immediately began sketching in hopes of publishing some of his work; his style was typically American. In 1841 and 1842, he traveled along the Hudson River, painting views of Hudson Valley estates, and in 1844 he was in New York City. Emma C. Embury's American Wild Flowers in Their Native Haunts, published in 1845, contained illustrations by Whitefield. Two years later he issued a series of views under the title, North American Scenery. During this period, Whitefield taught drawing classes to supplement his income. From 1856 to 1859 Whitefield made several trips to Minnesota to promote his real estate interests there; from this period date a number of watercolor landscapes now in the Minnesota Historical Society. During the 1880s Whitefield lived in Boston and Reading, Massachusetts, and published five volumes of The Homes of Our Forefathers, which showed early houses of New England. In 1888-1889 he traveled to England and Scotland to promote English settlement in Minnesota. Whitefield died in 1892. The Stokes collection at the New York Public Library constitutes the best-known source of his lithographs." (Biographical statement from Finding Aid for Edwin Whitefield, Papers, 1841-92, Col. 102, Downs Collection).
Date of Birth
09/22/1816
Date of Death
1892
Place of Origin
Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label
1. Inscription; Lower left edge within image; From nature by E. Whitefield
Subjects
Landscape
Materials
Graphite; Ink; Wash; Paper (wove)
Dimensions (inches)
5.92 (H) , 9.15 (W) , 5.2 (Image H) , 7.2 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
15.03 (H) , 23.25 (W) , 5.2 (Image H) , 7.2 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at right. W at top.
Watermark
none
Object Description
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