1965.0089 Drawing
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Drawing (Graphite, ink and wash drawing)

  • Title:

    View on the Brandywine at Wilmington, Del.

  • Category:

    Works on Paper

  • Creator (Role):

    Edwin Whitefield (Artist)

  • Place of Origin:

    Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Materials:

    Graphite; Ink; Wash; Paper (wove)

  • Museum Object Number:

    1965.0089


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Object Number

1965.0089

Object Name

Drawing (Graphite, ink and wash drawing)

Title

View on the Brandywine at Wilmington, Del.

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Edwin Whitefield (Artist)
09/22/1816-1892
References: Peters, America on Stone, p. 401. See Edwin Whitefield, Papers, 1841-92, Col. 102, Downs Collection. Perhaps best known for his series, Whitefield's Original View of North American Cities (by various printers). "Edwin Whitefield, landscape and flower painter, was born in Dorset, England in 1816, and emigrated to the United States by 1838. He immediately began sketching in hopes of publishing some of his work; his style was typically American. In 1841 and 1842, he traveled along the Hudson River, painting views of Hudson Valley estates, and in 1844 he was in New York City. Emma C. Embury's American Wild Flowers in Their Native Haunts, published in 1845, contained illustrations by Whitefield. Two years later he issued a series of views under the title, North American Scenery. During this period, Whitefield taught drawing classes to supplement his income. From 1856 to 1859 Whitefield made several trips to Minnesota to promote his real estate interests there; from this period date a number of watercolor landscapes now in the Minnesota Historical Society. During the 1880s Whitefield lived in Boston and Reading, Massachusetts, and published five volumes of The Homes of Our Forefathers, which showed early houses of New England. In 1888-1889 he traveled to England and Scotland to promote English settlement in Minnesota. Whitefield died in 1892. The Stokes collection at the New York Public Library constitutes the best-known source of his lithographs." (Biographical statement from Finding Aid for Edwin Whitefield, Papers, 1841-92, Col. 102, Downs Collection).

Place of Origin

Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left edge within image; From nature by E. Whitefield

Subjects

Landscape

Materials

Graphite; Ink; Wash; Paper (wove)

Dimensions (inches)

5.92 (H) , 9.15 (W) , 5.2 (Image H) , 7.2 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

15.03 (H) , 23.25 (W) , 5.2 (Image H) , 7.2 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at right. W at top.

Watermark

none

Object Description

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