Object Number 1973.0554

Object Name

Print (Lithograph)

Title

THE RIGGING HOUSE.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Library purchase

Creator (Role)

Henry R. Robinson (Lithographer and publisher)
References: Peters, America on Stone, 337-42. (H. R. Robinson's trade card at 52 Nassau Street illustrated on p. 13). Listed in New York City Directories at the following addresses: 1833-34 carver & gilder, 52 Cortlandt Street 1835 Fleetwood & Robinson, corner of Nassau and Spruce Streets 1836-37 caricaturist, 52 and 48 Cortlandt Street 1837-42 caricaturist, 52 Cortlandt Street (and 1839-41: 2 Wall Street) 1842-43 caricaturist, 52 Cortlandt Street 1843-48 lithographer, 142 Nassau Street 1848-49 lithographer, print and caricature publisher, 142 Nassau Stret and 31 Park Row 1849-50 lithographer, 31 Park Row 1850-51 lithographer, 11 Theater Alley Robinson also had an office on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., and worked in partnership with Anthony Fleetwod under the name of Fleetwood & Robinson, corner of Nassau and Spruce Streets (1835).

Place of Origin

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

Date

September 1846 (1846-1846)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; LITH. & PUB. by H.R. ROBINSON
2. Inscription; Center beneath image; Entered according to act of Congress in the Year 1846, by H. R. Robinson, in the Clerk's Office of the Dist.\t Court of the South.\n Dis.\t of N. York.
3. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; 142, NASSAU S.\T N. YORK.

Subjects

Building view; City view

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography

Dimensions (inches)

16.1 (H) , 11.1 (W) , 13.9 (Image H) , 9.4 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

40.8 (H) , 28.2 (W) , 13.9 (Image H) , 9.4 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at right. W above center.

Publisher Summary

Robinson, Henry R.

Publication Date

09//1846

Place of Publication

142 Nassau Street, New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Watermark

none

Coloring

Colored stones

Object Description

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