Object Number 1986.0114

Object Name

Print (Color lithograph)

Title

VIEW OF WILMINGTON, DEL./ From the Newport Road.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of William Prickett in honor of Mrs. Robert Hershey

Creator (Role)

Edwin Whitefield (Draftsman, lithographer and publisher)
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).

Endicott & Co. (Printer)
1852-1886
References: Last, The Color Explosion, pp. 76-7; Peters, America on Stone, pp. 171-79 (for all information on the Endicotts and their several firms). New York City Directory listings for William Endicott & Co. (see Endicott firms for their dates and addresses): 1852-56 59 Beekman Street 1857-58 59 Beekman Street and 89 Ann Street 1859-70 59 Beekman Street 1871-86 57 Beekman Street 1887-89 75 Murray Street

Place of Origin

New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1852

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; DRAWN FROM NATURE AND ON STONE BY E. WHITEFIELD
2. Inscription; Center beneath image; Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1852 by E. Whitefield in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of N.Y
3. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; LITH. OF ENDICOTT & C.\O N. Y.

Subjects

City view

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

19.41 (H) , 33.3 (W) , 15.81 (Image H) , 32.3 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

49.31 (H) , 84.7 (W) , 15.81 (Image H) , 32.3 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Image H and W includes border.

Publisher Summary

Whitefield, Edwin

Publication Date

1852

Place of Publication

New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Watermark

none

Coloring

Colored stones and hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

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