Object Number 1975.0005

Object Name

Print (Lithograph)

Title

EXECUTIVE MERCY and the BAMBERS.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

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

Creator (Role)

Edward Williams Clay (Lithographer)
1799-1857

Henry R. Robinson (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

1838

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left ; C
2. Inscription; Lower center; Printed & Publ.\d by H.R. Robinson, 52 Courtl\t St: & 11 1/2 Wall St: N.Y.

Subjects

Social/political commentary

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

10.8 (H) , 16.8 (W) , 9.8 (Image H) , 16.7 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

27.4 (H) , 42.6 (W) , 9.8 (Image H) , 16.7 (Image W)

Publisher Summary

Robinson, Henry R.

Publication Date

1838

Place of Publication

New York

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

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