Object Number 1958.0119

Object Name

Print (Lithograph)

Title

Certificate of membership of the Washington Hose Company of Philadelphia

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

A. H. Bosch (Lithographer)

Duval and Hunter (Lithographer)
1869-1874
This large lithographic firm operated almost forty presses and employed roughly fifty people.

Place of Origin

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

Date

1869-1874

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom left beneath image; A. H. BOSCH, LITH.
2. Inscription; Bottom right beneath image; DUVAL & HUNTER, LITH. PHILAD.\A

Subjects

Building view; George Washington; Fire fighting; Firemen

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography

Dimensions (inches)

18 (H) , 22 (W) , 16.5 (Image H) , 20.2 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

45.7 (H) , 56 (W) , 16.5 (Image H) , 20.2 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at right. W at bottom.

Place of Publication

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

Watermark

none

Coloring

Colored stones

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 379, pp. 519-520.
[Book] Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. & The Walpole Society. 1963 Prints pertaining to America: a list of publications in English, relating to prints about that portion of America now included in the United States with emphasis on the period 1650-1850: and a checklist of prints in an exhibition to commemorate the 1962. 99 p.
• Published: no. 32, pp. 21-22.
[Book] Lane, Christopher W. & Cresswell, Donald H. 1990 Prints of Philadelphia at the Philadelphia Print Shop, featuring the Wohl Collection.
• See p.102, no. 207.
[Book] Wainwright, Nicholas B. 1958 Philadelphia in the Romantic Age of Lithography.
• See p. 74.