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Print (Color lithograph)
Sleighing in New York
Thomas Benecke, Nagel & Lewis
1855
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Thomas Benecke (Lithographer)
Place of Origin
New York; New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
Museum Object Number
1976.0167
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1976.0167
Object Name
Print (Color lithograph)
Title
Sleighing in New York
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Thomas Benecke (Lithographer); Nagel & Lewis (Printer)
Place of Origin
New York; New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1855
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower left, within image
Inscription: D. Benecke NY/ 1855
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Genre scene
- City view
- Landscape
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
Techniques
- Lithography
- Hand colored
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
25.2 (H) x 34.7 (W) x 21.6 (Image H) x 30.7 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
64 (H) x 88.2 (W) x 54.8 (Image H) x 78 (Image W)
Publisher Date
01/01/1855
Place of Publication
New York, New York
Edition State
Proof without letters
Coloring
Colored stones and hand colored with watercolors
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
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 p.93.Book: Déak, Gloria-Gilda. 1976 American Views: Prospects and Vistas.
• Published pp. 106-107.Book: Weitenkampf, Frank. 1925 The Eno Collection of New York City Views.
• See pp.43-44.Book: Symmes, Marilyn. 2005 Impressions of New York: Prints from the New-York Historical Society.
• See pp.116-117.