1975.0003 Print
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Print (Lithograph)

  • Title:

    A BIVOUACK IN SAFETY OR FLORIDA TROOPS PREVENTING A SURPRISE.

  • Category:

    Prints and Maps

  • Creator (Role):

    Henry Dacre (Designer)

    Henry R. Robinson (Lithographer and publisher)

  • Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1830-1839

  • Materials:

    Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

  • Techniques:

    Lithography, Hand colored, Painted

  • Museum Object Number:

    1975.0003


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Object Number

1975.0003

Object Name

Print (Lithograph)

Title

A BIVOUACK IN SAFETY OR FLORIDA TROOPS PREVENTING A SURPRISE.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Special Fund for Collection Objects

Creator (Role)

Henry Dacre (Designer)
"HD" (identified by Weitenkampf and others tentatively as Henry Dacre).

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

1830-1839

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower center; Lith: & Pub: by H.R. Robinson 52 Courtland S. N.Y. & Penns.\a Ave Washington D.C.
2. Inscription; Lower left, in the image; HD

Subjects

Social/political commentary; American Indian; Native American

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

11.4 (H) , 17.5 (W) , 11.1 (Image H) , 16 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

29 (H) , 44.5 (W) , 11.1 (Image H) , 16 (Image W)

Publisher Summary

Robinson, Henry R.

Place of Publication

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

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

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. 338, pp. 476-477.