S.\T THOMAS CHURCH/ Broadway.
Prints and Maps
Anthony Imbert (Lithographer)
Josiah R. Brady (Architect)
Alexander Jackson Davis (Artist)
New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1825-1829
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)
Lithography, Hand colored, Painted
1973.0563
Object Number1973.0563 |
Print (Lithograph)
S.\T THOMAS CHURCH/ Broadway.
Prints and Maps
Library purchase
Anthony Imbert (Lithographer)
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
Josiah R. Brady (Architect)
c. 1760-1832
Alexander Jackson Davis (Artist)
07/04/1803-01/14/1892
See Alexander Jackson Davis Papers, Col. 114, Downs Collection, Winterthur Library (finding aid available at http://findingaid.winterthur.org/html/col114.html).
New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1825-1829
1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; Imbert's Lithography
2. Inscription; Center beneath image; J. R. Brady Architect
3. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; A. J. Davis del.
Building view
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)
Lithography, Hand colored, Painted
16.8 (H) , 22.2 (W) , 10.6 (Image H) , 15.51 (Image W)
42.6 (H) , 56.3 (W) , 10.6 (Image H) , 15.51 (Image W)
OH and OW of backing. OH at center. OW above center. Print H: 12.65 in. (32.12 cm). Print W: 17.0 in. (43.2 cm). Plate marks too faint to measure.
Imbert, Anthony
New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Hand colored with watercolors
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