Object Number 1969.1674 A

Object Name

Print (Lithograph)

Title

HE IS SAVED!

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

E. B. & E. C. Kellogg (Lithographer)
1842-1848
References: Last, The Color Explosion, pp. 106-7; Peters, America on Stone, pp. 242-7. Listed in Hartford directories (see individual Kellogg firms for other addresses): 1842-48 136 Main Street The four Kellogg brothers, Jarvis Griggs, Daniel Wright, Edmund Burke, and Elijah Chapman, formed several partnerships in Hartford between 1836 and 1866. Edmund and Elijah ran D. W. Kellogg and Co. after Daniel moved west in 1836.

George Whiting (Publisher and seller)
1820
George Whiting lived in Brooklyn and began working for the Kelloggs lithographers in the late 1840s. His wife Julia is listed as a widow in the 1863 Brooklyn directory. After his death, his son Frank P. Whiting took over the business at 87 Fulton Street and continured to co-publish prints with the Kelloggs (Source: Nancy Finlay, Curator of Graphics, Connecticut Historical Society, see e-mail in object file).

Place of Origin

Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, Connecticut River Valley, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Lithographed by the Kelloggs in Hartford.

Date

1861-1863

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; E. B. & E. C. KELLOGG, 245 MAIN ST. HARTFORD, CT.
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; GEO. WHITING, 87 FULTON ST. NEW-YORK.

Subjects

Genre scene; Literary scene

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

12.03 (H) , 16 (W) , 9.14 (Image H) , 12.8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

30.55 (H) , 40.6 (W) , 9.14 (Image H) , 12.8 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H left of center. W above center.

Publisher Summary

Whiting, George

Place of Publication

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

Watermark

none

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Lane, Christopher W. 07//2006 The Kellogg Menagerie & Civil War Cartoons. Antiques. 90-99.
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[Article] Finlay, Nancy. 12//2006 Landscape Prints and City Views by the Kelloggs of Hartford, 1830-1886. Antiques. 97-103.
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