Print (Color lithograph)

  • Title:

    AMOSKEAG

  • Category:

    Prints and Maps

  • Creator (Role):

    E. P. Abbot (Draftsman)

    John Henry Bufford (Lithographer)

  • Place of Origin:

    Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1867-1870

  • Materials:

    Ink; Paper (wove)

  • Techniques:

    Lithography

  • Museum Object Number:

    1973.0547


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1973.0547

Object Name

Print (Color lithograph)

Title

AMOSKEAG

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Anonymous

Creator (Role)

E. P. Abbot (Draftsman)
Not listed in Peters, America on Stone.

John Henry Bufford (Lithographer)
07/27/1810-10/08/1870
References: Last, The Color Explosion, pp. 47-9; Peters, America on Stone, pp. 118-27; Sally Pierce, Boston Lithography, 1825-1880 (Boston: The Boston Athenæum, 1991). Listed in New York City directories: 1835-363 152 Broadway 1836-37 114 Nassau Street 1837-38 134 Nassau Street 1838-40 136 Nassau Street, corner of Beekman Street Listed in Boston directories: 1841-42 204 Washington Street, with B. W. Thayer and J. E. Moody 1843-44 204 Washington Street, with B. W. Thayer 1845-51 204 Washington Street, with B. W. Thayer in 1851 and A. G. Dawes in 1845 1851-55 265 Washington Street 1855 260 Washington Street 1856-64 313 Washington Street 1867 34 Chauncy Street (as Bufford Brothers?) *sons continued business after 1870 1871 490 Washington Street *address through 1873 n.d. 141 Franklin Street, and 93 Washington Street

Place of Origin

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

1867-1870

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; E. P. ABBOT DEL.
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; J. H. BUFFORD'S LITH. BOSTON

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography

Dimensions (inches)

22.8 (H) , 31.81 (W) , 18 (Image H) , 28.2 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

58 (H) , 80.79 (W) , 18 (Image H) , 28.2 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Image H and W include border.

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. 348, pp. 487-488.