Object Number 1976.0096

Object Name

Print (Lithograph)

Title

"LET EVERYONE TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF."/ ((As the Jack ass said when he was dancing among the Chickens.)

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Anthony Imbert (Lithographer, publisher and seller)
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

Place of Origin

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

Date

1832-1838

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; Esop J.\r fecit
2. Inscription; Bottom center; Published and for sale whole sale and retail at Imbert's Caricature Store N.\o 104 Broadway N.Y.

Subjects

Social/political commentary; Andrew Jackson

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography

Dimensions (inches)

11.41 (H) , 15.6 (W) , 11.09 (Image H) , 15.46 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

28.99 (H) , 39.7 (W) , 11.09 (Image H) , 15.46 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at right. W at bottom.

Publisher Summary

Imbert, Anthony

Publication Date

1833

Place of Publication

No. 104 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. 331, p. 470.