Landing of General Lafayette, At Castle Garden, New York, 16th August 1824.
Prints and Maps
Samuel Maverick (Engraver)
Anthony Imbert (Draftsman)
New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1824-1826
Ink; Paper (wove)
Etched
1967.0130
Object Number1967.0130 |
Print (Etching)
Landing of General Lafayette, At Castle Garden, New York, 16th August 1824.
Prints and Maps
Museum purchase
Samuel Maverick (Engraver)
1789-1845
Anthony Imbert (Draftsman)
1794/5-1834
"Imbert is known as one of America's pioneers in lithography. A first lieutenant in the French Navy, Imbert was taken prisoner by the British in 1810 and during his confinement studied drawing and painting. Shortly after his arrival in New York, he was commissioned to prepare thirty-seven lithographic plates for the illustrations in Colden's Memoir, celebrating the opening of the Erie Canal. His two-sheet panoramic print entitled Grand Canal Celebration: View of the Fleet Preparing to Form in Line has been viewed by scholars as a technical milestone in the pioneering art of American lithography." (ULAN)
References: Peters, America on Stone, pp. 228-35.
Listed in New York City directories:
1825 painter, 146 Fulton Street
1826-28 79 Murray Street
1828-29 233 Broadway
1829-32 104 Broadway
1832-33 79 Murray Stret
1833-35 104 Broadway
1838-39 Imbert, Mary widow of Anthony, boys' clothing, 186 Canal Street
New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1824-1826
1. Inscription; Lower right; Sam.\l Maverick Sc.\t
2. Inscription; Lower left; Imbert Del.
Seascape; Lafayette; Historical; Military
Ink; Paper (wove)
Etched
5.8 (H) , 9.1 (W) , 3.1 (Image H) , 4.8 (Image W)
14.7 (H) , 23 (W) , 3.1 (Image H) , 4.8 (Image W)
Plate H: 4.6 in. (11.6 cm). Unable to determine platemark location for width.
1826
New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
This etching was the frontispiece for: A Complete History of the Marquis de Lafavette . . . New York: R. Lowry, 1826; or A Complete History of the Marquis de Lafavette . . . Hartford: S. Andrus & Son, 1845.
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[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 250, pp. 360-361.
[Book] Stauffer, David McNeely. 1907 American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel.
• Print listed as no. 2271, p. 373.
[Book] Stephens, Stephen DeWitt. 1950 The Mavericks, American Engravers.
• See p.172, no.1725.