Object Number 1986.0165

Object Name

Broadside

Title

LIFE IN PHILADELPHIA

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Alexander O. Vietor in memory of Alexander O. Vietor

Creator (Role)

Edward Williams Clay (Designer and lithographer)
1799-1857

Childs & Inman (Publisher)
12//1830-1834
References: Peters, America on Stone, p. 136. Listed in Philadelphia City Directories: 1831 lithographers, southeast corner of Walnut and 4th Streets 1833 lithographers, corner of Walnut and 5th Streets

Place of Origin

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

Date

1831

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower center; Designed, Drawn on stone and Published by E.W. Clay, Philadelphia 1831.
2. Inscription; Lower center; Childs & Inman Lith.\rs

Subjects

Genre scene; Social/political commentary; Theater; Commedia del Arte; Italian Comedy; African American

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography

Dimensions (inches)

28.9 (H) , 22.1 (W) , 25.3 (Image H) , 18.3 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

73.4 (H) , 56.1 (W) , 25.3 (Image H) , 18.3 (Image W)

Publisher Summary

Childs & Inman

Publication Date

1831

Place of Publication

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Watermark

None

Object Description

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