Object Number 1974.0007

Object Name

Print (Lithograph)

Title

THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

W. J. Condit (Artist)

C. Milbourne (Draftsman)

William Ells (Printer)

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

1847

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right in image; C.Milbourne. Delin-Et-Excu.\d/ 1797
2. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; FROM AN ORIGINAL DRAWING BY W.J. CONDIT.
3. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; PRINTED IN COLOURS BY WM. ELLS.
4. Inscription; Lower left beneath border; FROM AN ORIGINAL DRAWING IN THE POSSESSION OF N. CAMPBELL ESQ.
5. Inscription; Center beneath border; Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1847, by H. R. Robinson, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern dis.\t of New York.
6. Inscription; Lower right beneath border; LITH. & PUS. BY H.R. ROBINSON 142 NASSAU ST. NEW-YORK.

Subjects

City view; Government

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography

Dimensions (inches)

20.04 (H) , 23.96 (W) , 16.13 (Image H) , 21.3 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

50.91 (H) , 60.85 (W) , 16.13 (Image H) , 21.3 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH at left. OW at bottom.

Publisher Summary

Robinson, Henry R.

Publication Date

1847

Place of Publication

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

State

II

Watermark

none

Coloring

Colored stones

Edition Notes

The third state of this print was issued by Charles Currier with changes in the publication line at right to read: "LITH & PRINTED IN COLOURS BY C. CURRIER, 33 SPRUCE ST. N.Y."; the name "N. Campbell" was changed to "THOMAS N.", and "Drawn expressly for D. T. Valentine's Manual" was added after the words "taken down" at the end of the text.

Object Description

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