Print (Lithograph)
Museum Object Number1982.0050 |
Object Name
Print (Lithograph)
Title
Yours Truly/ R. Arthur
Category
Prints and Maps
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
Creator (Role)
Albert Newsam (Lithographer)
P. S. Duval and Son (Publisher)
Creator Notes
Newsam was born deaf and mute. At the age of 11, William P. Davis, posing as his deaf-mute borther, took Newsam to Philadelphia to exploit his artistic talents. Bishop White, president of the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, rescued Newsam and provided him with an education. In 1827, Cephas G. Childs apprenticed Newsam at his engraving, and later, lithography firm. Eventually, after Childs left the business in 1834, Newsam became the principal artist at the successor firm, owned by George Lehman and Peter S. Duval. Newsam was particularly adept with portraits, which he often drew from life in the early part of his career, and then from daguerreotypes and photographs later on. Until he was forced to retire in 1859 because of blindness and a paralizing stroke, Newsam was the foremost portrait lithographer working in Philadelphia.Firm located at Fifth and Minor Streets in Philadelphia.
Date of Birth
05/20/18091857
Date of Death
11/20/18641869
Place of Origin
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label
1. Inscription; Lower left ; On Stone by A. Newsam.
2. Inscription; Lower right; P. S. Duval & Son lith. Philad:\a
Subjects
Portrait
Materials
Ink; Paper (wove)
Techniques
Lithography
Dimensions (inches)
15.56 (H) , 11.63 (W) , 11.46 (Image H) , 7.5 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
39.51 (H) , 29.53 (W) , 11.46 (Image H) , 7.5 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at right. W at center.
Publisher Summary
P. S. Duval and Son
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Watermark
none
Object Description
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