Print (Lithograph)

Museum Object Number 1974.0236.002

Object Name

Print (Lithograph)

Title

The Battle of Lexington, April 19..\th 1775. Plate I.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of an Anonymous Donor

Creator (Role)

Lakeside Press, R. R. Donnelley and Sons Company (Publisher)

Amos Doolittle (Engraver)

Creator Notes

References: Groce and Wallace, Artists in America (1957). Doolittle is perhaps less remembered for his cartographic works - he produced many of the early best maps of New England, most notably for Mathew Carey in Philadelphia.

Date of Birth

05/18/1754

Date of Death

01/30/1832

Place of Origin

Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; A. Doolittle. Sculp..\t
2. Inscription; Bottom left; Reproduced by the Donnelley Deeptone® Offset Process, from the original owned by the Chicago Historical Society
3. Inscription; Bottom right; R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, The Lakeside Press

Subjects

Historical

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Offset lithography

Dimensions (inches)

15.02 (H) , 20 (W) , 13.8 (Image H) , 18.9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

38.14 (H) , 50.9 (W) , 13.8 (Image H) , 18.9 (Image W)

Publisher Summary

Lakeside Press, R. R. Donnelley and Sons Company

Publication Date

1973

Place of Publication

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America

Object Description

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