Object Number 1973.0022

Object Name

Sheet music

Title

New York./ O what a charming City!

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

D. Lopez (Draftsman)

Pendleton's Lithography (Lithographer)
1826-1836
References: 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).

J. A. Gairdner A.M. (Composer)

George Melksham Bourne (Publisher)
New York City Directories from 1828-32 list Bourne at his "depository of arts, engravings and fancy store" at 359 Broadway.

Thomas Birch (Engraver)
Not to be confused with the Philadelphia painter of the same name!

Place of Origin

New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1831

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom center in image; D.(?) Lopez
2. Inscription; Center below image; Written and composed/ BY/ I.A. GAIRDNER A.M.
3. Inscription; Bottom center on cover; New York, BOURNE, Broadway.
4. Inscription; Bottom left on cover ; Lith. of Pendleton.
5. Inscription; Top center on reverse of cover; Written and Composed/ by/ J. GAIRDNER.A.M.
6. Inscription; Bottom center on reverse of cover; New York, BOURNE·Depository of Arts·359 Broadway.
7. Inscription; Bottom center on obverse of back page; Eng.\d by T. Birch.

Subjects

City view; Landscape

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography, Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

13.1 (H) , 10.19 (W) , 10.5 (Image H) , 7.47 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

33.4 (H) , 25.87 (W) , 10.5 (Image H) , 7.47 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Measurements taken of cover, obverse. H at right. W near top.

Publisher Summary

Bourne, George Melksham - Bourne's Depository of Arts

Publication Date

1831

Place of Publication

359 Broadway, New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, 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. 382, p. 523.