Object Number 1960.0393.016 A

Object Name

Print (Lithograph)

Title

JUNE BUGS SQUIRTING

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Henry R. Robinson (Lithographer)
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

1839-1841

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom center; H. R. Robinson's Lith: 52 Courtland, & N.\o 2 Wall S.\t

Subjects

Social/political commentary; Fire fighting; Firemen

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography

Dimensions (inches)

12.87 (H) , 19.5 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

32.7 (H) , 49.53 (W)

Measurement Notes

No conservation file.

Publisher Summary

Robinson, Henry R.

Place of Publication

52 Cortlandt and 2 Wall Street, New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. & The Walpole Society. 1963 Prints pertaining to America: a list of publications in English, relating to prints about that portion of America now included in the United States with emphasis on the period 1650-1850: and a checklist of prints in an exhibition to commemorate the 1962. 99 p.
• Published: no. 37, p. 22.