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S.E. VIEW OF JERSEY CITY, FROM NEW YORK.
John Warner Barber, Henry Howe
1844-1861
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
John Warner Barber (Engraver and author)
Place of Origin
New York or Newark; New York or New Jersey; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (wove)
Museum Object Number
1975.0102
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Claneil Foundation
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Object Number
1975.0102
Object Name
Print (Wood engraving)
Title
S.E. VIEW OF JERSEY CITY, FROM NEW YORK.
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
John Warner Barber (Engraver and author); Henry Howe (Engraver and author)
Place of Origin
New York or Newark; New York or New Jersey; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Probably published by S. Tuttle in New York, although Benjamin Olds in Newark, New Jersey, also published this title in the 1850s and 1861.
Date
1844-1861
Subject(s)
- Book illustration
- City view
- Landscape
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (wove)
Techniques
- Wood Engraved
- Letterpress
Construction Description
The use of cotton and linen fibers in the paper, particularly paper used in such a low-priced publication, indicates production before the sulfite paper process of the 1860s.
Dimensions (inches)
5.4 (H) x 8.97 (W) x 3.82 (Image H) x 6.3 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
13.7 (H) x 22.78 (W) x 9.71 (Image H) x 16.1 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H near left. W at center. No plate marks.
Edition Watermark
none
Edition Notes
Illustration from J. W. Barber and Henry Howe, Historical collections of the state of New Jersey. First published by S. Tuttle in New York, 1844, with subsequent editions published by Tuttle and other publishers in the 1840s and 1850s. Not known from which publication this print was cut.
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. 264, p. 381.Book: 1975 Early woodcut views of New York and New Jersey: 304 illustrations from the "Historical collections" by John W. Barber and Henry Howe.
• Print illustrated on p. 93.