Print (Lithograph)

  • Title:

    S.\T THOMAS CHURCH/ Broadway.

  • Category:

    Prints and Maps

  • Creator (Role):

    Anthony Imbert (Lithographer)

    Josiah R. Brady (Architect)

    Alexander Jackson Davis (Artist)

  • Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1825-1829

  • Materials:

    Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

  • Techniques:

    Lithography, Hand colored, Painted

  • Museum Object Number:

    1973.0563


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1973.0563

Object Name

Print (Lithograph)

Title

S.\T THOMAS CHURCH/ Broadway.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Library purchase

Creator (Role)

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).

Place of Origin

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

Date

1825-1829

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

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.

Subjects

Building view

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

16.8 (H) , 22.2 (W) , 10.6 (Image H) , 15.51 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

42.6 (H) , 56.3 (W) , 10.6 (Image H) , 15.51 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

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.

Publisher Summary

Imbert, Anthony

Place of Publication

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

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

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