Object Number 1982.0050

Object Name

Print (Lithograph)

Title

Yours Truly/ R. Arthur

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Albert Newsam (Lithographer)
05/20/1809-11/20/1864
Newsam was born deaf and mute. At the age of 11, William P. Davis, posing as his deaf-mute borther, took Newsam to Philadelphia to exploit his artistic talents. Bishop White, president of the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, rescued Newsam and provided him with an education. In 1827, Cephas G. Childs apprenticed Newsam at his engraving, and later, lithography firm. Eventually, after Childs left the business in 1834, Newsam became the principal artist at the successor firm, owned by George Lehman and Peter S. Duval. Newsam was particularly adept with portraits, which he often drew from life in the early part of his career, and then from daguerreotypes and photographs later on. Until he was forced to retire in 1859 because of blindness and a paralizing stroke, Newsam was the foremost portrait lithographer working in Philadelphia.

P. S. Duval and Son (Publisher)
1857-1869
Firm located at Fifth and Minor Streets in Philadelphia.

Place of Origin

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

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left ; On Stone by A. Newsam.
2. Inscription; Lower right; P. S. Duval & Son lith. Philad:\a

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography

Dimensions (inches)

15.56 (H) , 11.63 (W) , 11.46 (Image H) , 7.5 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

39.51 (H) , 29.53 (W) , 11.46 (Image H) , 7.5 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at right. W at center.

Publisher Summary

P. S. Duval and Son

Place of Publication

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

Watermark

none

Object Description

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