Object Number 1973.0583

Object Name

Print (Color lithograph)

Title

THE COURT OF DEATH.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Library purchase

Creator (Role)

Sarony, Major & Knapp (Lithographer)
1857-1864 or 1867
Napoleon Sarony was born in Quebec in 1821. He moved to New York around 1836 and studied with Archibald Robinson. He worked for Nathaniel Currier before starting a business with James P. Major in 1843. In 1845 James Major was replaced by Henry B. Major in Sarony & Major. Sarony's next corporate incarnation was known as Sarony, Major & Knapp in which he was joined by Richard Major and Joseph F. Knapp from 1857 to 1867. He withdrew from the firm around 1867 to establish a studio of photography. Sarony later spent six years in Europe, where he visited lithographers in Berlin and Paris. He eventually returned to New York and set up another photographic studio.

Rembrandt Peale (Painter)
02/22/1778-10/03/1860

G. Q. Colton (Publisher)

Place of Origin

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

Date

1859

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower center; Lith of Sarony, Major & Knapp. 449 Broadway. N.Y.
2. Inscription; Lower center; FROM THE ORIGINAL PAINTING, BY REMBRANDT PEALE.
3. Inscription; Lower center; PUBLISHED BY G.Q. COLTON, N.\o 37 PARK ROW, NEW YORK.

Subjects

Allegory

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography

Dimensions (inches)

20.1 (H) , 29.6 (W) , 17.9 (Image H) , 26.9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

51 (H) , 75.3 (W) , 17.9 (Image H) , 26.9 (Image W)

Publisher Summary

Colton, G. Q.

Publication Date

1859

Place of Publication

New York, New York

Watermark

None

Coloring

Colored stones

Object Description

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