Object Number 2006.0022

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

Life in the Esquimaux Igloe

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Nicholas C. Vincent

Creator (Role)

John M. Butler (Printer and publisher)
John Butler's name is appended to a large number of prints. Butler was a plate print and print publisher in Philadelphia about 1850, and employed engravers. There is no evidence that Butler was an engraver himself. He later held public office in Philadelphia, and abandoned publishing. According to Stauffer, the earliest documented work associated with Butler is dated 1850.

John McRae (Engraver)

Christian Schuessele (Painter)
1824-08/21/1879

Place of Origin

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; On the front, beneath the image; "C. Schuessele"
2. Inscription; On the front, beneath the image; "Engraved at J.M. Butler's establishment 84 Chestnut St."
3. Inscription; On the front, beneath the image; "J.C. McRae."

Subjects

Animals; Genre scene

Materials

Watercolor; Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Steel Engraved, Hand colored, Etched, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

5.325 (H) , 0.75 (W) , 4.25 (Image H) , 6.125 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

13.526 (H) , 1.905 (W) , 4.25 (Image H) , 6.125 (Image W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Stauffer, David McNeely. 1907 American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel.
• For information on John McRae, see p. 38. For more information on Schuessele, see p. 167.
[Book] Kane, Elisha Kent. 1856 Artic explorations: The second Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55.
• See this reference for an identical image printed in black and white.