Object Number 1973.0548

Object Name

Print (Color lithograph)

Title

WHITEFIELD'S ORIGINAL VIEWS OF AMERICAN CITIES, N.\O 12/ VIEW OF PROVIDENCE R.I. FROM THE NORTH, 1849.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Library purchase

Creator (Role)

C. W. Burton (Lithographer)

Edwin Whitefield (Draftsman)
09/22/1816-1892
References: Peters, America on Stone, p. 401. See Edwin Whitefield, Papers, 1841-92, Col. 102, Downs Collection. Perhaps best known for his series, Whitefield's Original View of North American Cities (by various printers). "Edwin Whitefield, landscape and flower painter, was born in Dorset, England in 1816, and emigrated to the United States by 1838. He immediately began sketching in hopes of publishing some of his work; his style was typically American. In 1841 and 1842, he traveled along the Hudson River, painting views of Hudson Valley estates, and in 1844 he was in New York City. Emma C. Embury's American Wild Flowers in Their Native Haunts, published in 1845, contained illustrations by Whitefield. Two years later he issued a series of views under the title, North American Scenery. During this period, Whitefield taught drawing classes to supplement his income. From 1856 to 1859 Whitefield made several trips to Minnesota to promote his real estate interests there; from this period date a number of watercolor landscapes now in the Minnesota Historical Society. During the 1880s Whitefield lived in Boston and Reading, Massachusetts, and published five volumes of The Homes of Our Forefathers, which showed early houses of New England. In 1888-1889 he traveled to England and Scotland to promote English settlement in Minnesota. Whitefield died in 1892. The Stokes collection at the New York Public Library constitutes the best-known source of his lithographs." (Biographical statement from Finding Aid for Edwin Whitefield, Papers, 1841-92, Col. 102, Downs Collection).

Whitefield & Smith (Publisher)
References: Peters, America on Stone, p. 401.

Francis Michelin (Printer)
References: Peters, America on Stone, pp. 281-84. Listed in Boston City Directories: 1840-41 Sharp, Michelin & Company, 17 Tremont Street Listed in New York City Directories: 1844-45 Michelin & Cuipers, 111 Nassau Street (also Michelin & Creifield in 1844) 1846-51 111 Nassau Street 1851-52 180 Fulton Street 1852-53 Michelin & Leefe, 225 Fulton Street 1853-54 Michelin & Shattuck, 225 Fulton Street 1854-55 residence, Brooklyn 1856-58 Boell & Michelin, Broadway 1858-59 93 Fulton Street

Place of Origin

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

Date

1849

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; DRAWN ON STONE BY C. W. BURTON.
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; FROM A DRAWING BY E. WHITEFIELD.
3. Inscription; Bottom center beneath title; Published by Whitefield & Smith. __________
4. Inscription; Bottom right; Printed by F. Michelin, 111 Nassau S.\t N.Y.

Subjects

City view

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography

Dimensions (inches)

20.02 (H) , 39.75 (W) , 16.3 (Image H) , 37.5 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

50.85 (H) , 100.96 (W) , 16.3 (Image H) , 37.5 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at right. W just above bottom.

Publisher Summary

Whitefield & Smith

Publication Date

1849

Place of Publication

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

Watermark

none

Coloring

Colored stones

Object Description

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