Object Number 1973.0378

Object Name

Print (Lithograph)

Title

Awful Conflagration of the Steam Boat LEXINGTON in Long Island Sound

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Elisha W. Bouvé (Lithographer)
1817-1897

A. H. Stillwell (Publisher)
A Full and Particular Account of All the Circumstances Attending the Loss of the Steamboat Lexington, In Long Island Sound, On the Night of January 13, 1840 (originally published by H.H. Brown and A.H. Stillwell, 1840). A. H. Stillwell is listed in the City Directories for 1841-42. His work appears in other objects in the library collection, including banknotes (69x41.26,27 & 28).

Place of Origin

Providence, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America

Secondary Place of Origin

Boston, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

1830-1840

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; E.W. Bouve Lithographer Graphic Court Boston.
2. Inscription; Lower left; Published by A.H. Stillwell Providence R.I.

Subjects

Historical; Maritime; Seascape; Fire fighting; Firemen

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography, Hand colored, Painted

Construction Description

Machine-made wove paper.

Dimensions (inches)

13.3 (H) , 17.4 (W) , 11.5 (Image H) , 16.3 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

33.7 (H) , 44.2 (W) , 11.5 (Image H) , 16.3 (Image W)

Publisher Summary

Stillwell, A. H.

Place of Publication

Providence, Rhode Island, New England, 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. 320, p. 454.
[Book] Peters, Harry Twyford. 1929 Currier and Ives: Printmakers to the American People. 2 vols.
• See nos. 21-22.