Sheet music cover (Lithograph)

Museum Object Number 1973.0294

Object Name

Sheet music cover (Lithograph)

Title

Rangers' Trip to Westsborough/ OR/ LION QUICK STEP.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

John Henry Bufford (Draftsman)

Pendleton's Lithography (Lithographer)

James Hooton (Composer)

C. Bradlee (Publisher)

Creator Notes

References: Last, The Color Explosion, pp. 47-9; Peters, America on Stone, pp. 118-27; Sally Pierce, Boston Lithography, 1825-1880 (Boston: The Boston Athenæum, 1991). Listed in New York City directories: 1835-363 152 Broadway 1836-37 114 Nassau Street 1837-38 134 Nassau Street 1838-40 136 Nassau Street, corner of Beekman Street Listed in Boston directories: 1841-42 204 Washington Street, with B. W. Thayer and J. E. Moody 1843-44 204 Washington Street, with B. W. Thayer 1845-51 204 Washington Street, with B. W. Thayer in 1851 and A. G. Dawes in 1845 1851-55 265 Washington Street 1855 260 Washington Street 1856-64 313 Washington Street 1867 34 Chauncy Street (as Bufford Brothers?) *sons continued business after 1870 1871 490 Washington Street *address through 1873 n.d. 141 Franklin Street, and 93 Washington StreetReferences: Fowble, Two Centuries of Prints in America, cat. no. 296, p. 418; Peters, America on Stone (Garden City, NJ: Doubleday, Doran and Co., Inc., c1931).

Date of Birth

07/27/18101826

Date of Death

10/08/18701836

Place of Origin

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

1834

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom left of center beneath image; J.H. Bufford del.\t
2. Inscription; Bottom right of center beneath image; Pendleton's Lithog.\y Boston
3. Inscription; Bottom center on obverse; Composed by/ JAMES HOOTON.
4. Inscription; Bottom center on obverse; Boston, _ Published for the Author by C. Bradlee.
5. Inscription; Bottom center on obverse; Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1834 by James Hooton in the clerks office of the District Court of Mass.
6. Inscription; Center on reverse; BOSTON: Published by C. BRADLEE Waashington St.

Subjects

City view; Historical

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography, Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

11.47 (H) , 8.75 (W) , 11.31 (Image H) , 8.7 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

29.13 (H) , 22.22 (W) , 11.31 (Image H) , 8.7 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H near center. W at top.

Publisher Summary

Bradlee, C.

Publication Date

1834

Place of Publication

Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Watermark

none

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 383, p. 524.