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Print (Lithograph)
ACCIDENT ON THE CAMDEN AND AMBOY RAILROAD,/ NEAR BURLINGTON, N.J.
John Collins
1855
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
John Collins (Lithographer)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (wove)
Museum Object Number
1976.0091
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1976.0091
Object Name
Print (Lithograph)
Title
ACCIDENT ON THE CAMDEN AND AMBOY RAILROAD,/ NEAR BURLINGTON, N.J.
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
John Collins (Lithographer)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1855
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower left beneath image
Inscription: Drawn on the spot immediately after the accident
Type: Inscription
Location: Bottom center below legend
Inscription: Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1855, by Collins in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Penn\a.
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (wove)
Techniques
- Lithography
Dimensions (inches)
12 (H) x 14.1 (W) x 8.68 (Image H) x 11.7 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
30.4 (H) x 35.8 (W) x 22.04 (Image H) x 29.8 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H left of center. W at bottom.
Publisher Summary
J. Collins
Publisher Date
01/01/1855
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Publisher Name
J. Collins
Edition Watermark
none
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. 321, p. 455.Book: Peters, Harry Twyford. 1931 America on stone: the other printmakers to the American people; a chronicle of American lithography other than that of Currier & Ives, from its beginning, shortly before 1820, to the years when the commercial single-stone hand-colored lithograph disappeared from the American scene:.
• See pp. 144-145.