Object Number 1976.0236

Object Name

Print (Lithograph)

Title

N.W. VIEW OF THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NEWBURYPORT, Mass.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

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

W. S. Bartlet (Draftsman)

Place of Origin

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

Date

1838-1840

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; W. S. Bartlet del.
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; Bufford's Lith. 136 Nassau St. N. Y.

Subjects

Building view

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography

Dimensions (inches)

13.9 (H) , 10.8 (W) , 10.4 (Image H) , 7 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

35.3 (H) , 27.4 (W) , 10.4 (Image H) , 7 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Plate marks too faint to measure.

Publisher Summary

Bufford, John Henry - Bufford's Lithography

Place of Publication

136 Nassau Street, New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Watermark

none

Object Description

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