1975.0128 Print
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Print (Lithograph)

  • Title:

    JEFF'S LAST SHIFT/ CAPTURE OF JEFF. DAVIS, MAY 10.\TH 1865, at IRWINSVILLE, GA.

  • Category:

    Prints and Maps

  • Creator (Role):

    John Henry Bufford (Lithographer and publisher)

  • Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1865

  • Materials:

    Ink; Paper (wove)

  • Techniques:

    Lithography

  • Museum Object Number:

    1975.0128


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Object Number

1975.0128

Object Name

Print (Lithograph)

Title

JEFF'S LAST SHIFT/ CAPTURE OF JEFF. DAVIS, MAY 10.\TH 1865, at IRWINSVILLE, GA.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Claneil Foundation

Creator (Role)

John Henry Bufford (Lithographer and publisher)
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

1865

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Signature; Bottom right corner in image; I.E.B.
2. Inscription; Center beneath image; Entered according to Act of Congress, in the Year 1865. by J. H. Buffords, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court, of the District of Mass.
3. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; ISSUED FROM BUFFORDS' PRINT PUBLISHING HOUSE, 313 WASHINGTON ST. BOSTON, MASS.

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography

Dimensions (inches)

13 (H) , 17.7 (W) , 10.68 (Image H) , 13.88 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

33 (H) , 44.9 (W) , 10.68 (Image H) , 13.88 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at center. W at top.

Publisher Summary

Bufford, John Henry - Bufford's Lithography

Publication Date

1865

Place of Publication

313 Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Watermark

none

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. 337, p. 475.