Object Number 2013.0024.009

Object Name

Print (Lithograph)

Title

MISS POOLE, As Marcelline, in the Opera of Fidelio, PARK THEATRE, NEW YORK.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Francis James Dallett

Creator (Role)

Edward Williams Clay (Lithographer)
1799-1857

John Childs (Publisher)
References: Peters, America on Stone, pp. 139-40. Peters writes that Childs was "responsible for a large number of prints that vary in quality from fair to very good." Listed in New York City Directories: 1830 35 John Street, corner of Nassau 1835 colorist, 15 Ann Street 1836-39 colorist, 119 Fulton Street & 160½ Fulton Street 1840-42 90 Nassau Street & 30 Nassau Street 1843 82½ Nassau Street 1844 4 Wall Street Listed in Philadelphia City Directories: 1848-52 46½ Walnut Street 1854-55 Northeast corner of 3rd & Walnut Streets 1856 Southwest corner of 4th & Library Streets 1857 16 North 2nd Street 1858-59 152 South 3rd Street 1860 724 Chestnut Street 1861-62 764 South 4th Street (n.d.) 63 North 2nd Street

Place of Origin

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

Date

1836-1839

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left; E.W. Clay inv: et fec:
2. Inscription; Lower center; Lith.\y of John Childs, 160 1/2 Fulton St. N.Y.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography

Dimensions (inches)

6.929 (H) , 4.6 (W) , 5.6 (Image H) , 3.4 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

17.6 (H) , 11.8 (W) , 5.6 (Image H) , 3.4 (Image W)

Publisher Summary

Childs, John

Place of Publication

160½ Fulton Street, New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

From an unidentified publication.

Object Description

Text available soon.