Domestic Furnishings

Tiffany Floor Lamp

Washboards, armchairs, lamps, and pots and pans may not seem to be museum pieces. But they are invaluable evidence of how most people lived day to day, last week or three centuries ago. The Museum's collections of domestic furnishings comprise more than 40,000 artifacts from American households. Large and small, they include four houses, roughly 800 pieces of furniture, fireplace equipment, spinning wheels, ceramics and glass, family portraits, and much more.

The Arthur and Edna Greenwood Collection contains more than 2,000 objects from New England households from colonial times to mid-1800s. From kitchens of the past, the collections hold some 3,300 artifacts, ranging from refrigerators to spatulas. The lighting devices alone number roughly 3,000 lamps, candleholders, and lanterns.

Topic: Peters Prints

The Life of a Fireman. The Night Alarm - "Start her lively boys"

Color print of eleven uniformed firemen pulling a fire pumper out of a garage, while another holds the door open. Two push the engine while a fourth runs to join them. A man with a torch leads them. The firemen are volunteers belonging to the Excelsior Company No.
Description (Brief)
Color print of eleven uniformed firemen pulling a fire pumper out of a garage, while another holds the door open. Two push the engine while a fourth runs to join them. A man with a torch leads them. The firemen are volunteers belonging to the Excelsior Company No. 2 on Henry Street, New York City. Among the firemen pictured are Nathaniel Currier, James M. Ives, George B. Ives, and Daniel Logan. The print was the first of four in the series "The Life of a Fireman" produced by Currier & Ives staff artist Louis Maurer.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1854
depicted
Currier, Nathaniel
Ives, James Merritt
Ives, George B.
Logan, Daniel
maker
Currier, Nathaniel
lithographer
Maurer, Louis
ID Number
DL.60.3237
catalog number
60.3237

The Great Kentucky Rifle Team, Champions of the World

This colored print depicts an outdoor scene in which tree trunks spell out the word "FRAYNE." Various figures surrounding the word; some are rescuing people, some are performing stunts with guns, others are being executed as an example of frontier justice.
Description
This colored print depicts an outdoor scene in which tree trunks spell out the word "FRAYNE." Various figures surrounding the word; some are rescuing people, some are performing stunts with guns, others are being executed as an example of frontier justice. In addition to the words “The Great Kentucky Rifle Team,” the print contains a caption reading “The Great Sensation of the Age” at the top and “Chas. A. Wing / Business Manager” at the bottom. The word “Champions” is printed vertically on the left side and “Of the World” runs vertically along the right.
Frank I. Frayne (1839-1891) was an actor and expert marksman born in Danville, Kentucky. He got his start as an actor performing on stages in Cincinnati, Ohio and New Orleans, Louisiana. After the Civil War he headed to the mining regions of the American West, where he became an expert shooter. When he returned to the East, he formed a rifle team and began presenting shows that combined shooting tricks with animal stunts involving dogs, ponies, a bear, a lion and hyenas. One of his most famous presentations was Si Slocum, in which he portrayed a ranch proprietor locked in a vicious battle to keep his land. Frayne used live ammunition for his tricks, which included shooting a pipe out of a ranch hand's mouth, extinguishing a candle with a gunshot, and shooting an apple off another performer's head while standing backwards and sighting his target with a mirror. His act went tragically wrong during an 1882 performance in Cincinnati, Ohio, when Frayne shot and killed his fiancé and partner in a William Tell type performance, actress Annie Von Behren (1857-1882). He claimed his rifle accidentally discharged, and he was absolved of responsibility for the death when an examination of his three foot long single breechloading rifle proved the firearm was damaged and not firing properly.
Charles W. Wing was buisness manager for the Frank Frayne Combination in the 1870's and 1880s.
This lithograph was produced by the Metropolitan Printing Company and E. Rothengatter. Emil Rothengatter (1848-1939) was a German-born artist and designer of circus posters who worked in cities including Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1896 he won a contest to design the flag of Cincinnati for a work he called “Zero of Burnet Woods.” However, controversy over whether Cincinnati should have a flag delayed the design’s formal adoption until 1940. Emil Rothengatter also wrote a book entitled Art of Poster Making in the United States, published in 1911. He died in New York.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
n.d.
maker
Metropolitan Printing Company
Rothengatter
ID Number
DL.60.3021
catalog number
60.3021
accession number
228146

Frances

Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1842-1848
maker
E. B. & E. C. Kellogg
ID Number
DL.60.2512
catalog number
60.2512
accession number
228146

Mustela Martes, Linn.

This hand-colored lithograph was produced for “Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,” the Imperial folio edition, published between 1845 and 1848. The work was a field study of North American mammals.
Description (Brief)
This hand-colored lithograph was produced for “Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,” the Imperial folio edition, published between 1845 and 1848. The work was a field study of North American mammals. It included 150 stone lithographs produced in three volumes of 50 prints per volume. The lithographs were based on watercolor drawings by John James Audubon and after 1846, son John Woodhouse Audubon, who completed the series due to the elder Audubon’s failing eyesight and declining health. Another son, Victor Gifford Audubon, assisted with the drawings backgrounds. The lithographs were printed on non-watermarked heavy white paper and coloring was applied by hand before the prints were bound. Reverend John Bachman was a naturalist of note, as well as John James Audubon’s friend and father of both daughter-in-laws, so he provided the accompanying letterpress narrative. It made the production truly a family affair. The slightly later Octavo edition contained 155 prints of smaller size.
This unbound lithographic plate depicts a hand-colored image of two martins. One is lying in the grass beside a dead bird and the other is peering down from a boulder. They are in winter coats.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1848
printer
Bowen, John T.
artist
Audubon, John Woodhouse
publisher
Audubon, John James
ID Number
DL.60.2761
catalog number
60.2761
accession number
228146

Sv Vaglav. Prag. Hlgr. Wenzelaus

Colored print; young man wearing a crown, red robes with white ermine trim, gold sword and onamental armor rides a white charger alongside a river. He carries a red banner with a coat of arms, and gestures toward a town on the opposite bank.
Description (Brief)
Colored print; young man wearing a crown, red robes with white ermine trim, gold sword and onamental armor rides a white charger alongside a river. He carries a red banner with a coat of arms, and gestures toward a town on the opposite bank. He is followed by a band of mounted men carrying swords and crossbows. Possibly a depiction of Wenceslas (Vaclav) IV (1361-1419), ruler of Germany and Bohemia.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1870
maker
Schile, Henry
ID Number
DL.60.2456
catalog number
60.2456
accession number
228146

Death of James Knox Polk

Colored print; interior scene depicting Polk in his death bed surrounded by three men (One is probably a clergyman, one a doctor) and two women (his mother and wife). There is a cloth covered table beside the bed and heavy drapery in the background.
Description (Brief)
Colored print; interior scene depicting Polk in his death bed surrounded by three men (One is probably a clergyman, one a doctor) and two women (his mother and wife). There is a cloth covered table beside the bed and heavy drapery in the background. Polk died of cholera.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1849
distributor
Needham, D.
depicted
Polk, James K.
Polk, Sarah Childress
Polk, Jane Knox
maker
Kelloggs & Comstock
ID Number
DL.60.2553
catalog number
60.2553
accession number
228146

Florence Stover from the Richmond and Von Boyle Comedy Company by Matthew S. Morgan of Strobridge Lithographing Company

This colored print is a bust portrait of Florence Stover. She is wearing a pink dress with a white lace collar and golden pearls and earrings.
Description
This colored print is a bust portrait of Florence Stover. She is wearing a pink dress with a white lace collar and golden pearls and earrings. The print advertises on the top of the poster that she will be appearing at the Newark Opera House, which was built in 1885 in New Castle County, Delaware.
Florence Stover was an actress who, in 1880, married the vocalist, dancer, and comedian Harry G. Richmond (1847-1885). Harry Richmond was born Augustus Van Boyle in Brooklyn, New York and performed with the Haverly Minstrels in 1878. The following year he produced The Candidate with his brother Aeland Von Boyle. A Florence Stover’s later performed in early film roles including Santa Claus vs. Cupid (1915), A Broth of a Boy (1915), and The Last Sentence (1917).
This chromolithograph was produced by Strobridge Lithographing Company and Matt Morgan. The Strobridge firm was founded in Cincinnati, Ohio ca 1847 by lithographer Elijah J. Middleton (cited in some sources as Elijah C. Middleton). Middleton was known as one of the pioneers of chromolithography in the United States. By 1854 another lithographer, W. R. Wallace, along with the bookseller Hines Strobridge (1823-1909) had joined the firm as partners. After the Civil War, Strobridge acquired sole ownership of the company and renamed it after himself. Strobridge and Company became especially well known for circus, theater, and movie posters. After leaving the company, Elijah Middleton established a reputation as a portrait publisher, producing prints of George and Martha Washington, Daniel Webster, and other American historical figures.
Matthew Somerville Morgan (1837-1890) was a British-born artist and cartoonist. As a young man, Morgan studied scene painting in London and worked as an artist and war correspondent in Western Europe and Africa. He also established a London humor magazine, becoming especially well known for his attacks on the British royal family. He immigrated to the United States in 1870 and continued to work as a caricaturist and New York theater stage manager. His works included political cartoons drawn on behalf of liberal Republicans who opposed President Ulysses S. Grant. From 1880-1885 he was manager of the Strobridge Lithograph Company where he worked to improve theatrical lithography. In his later years he painted large panoramic scenes of the American Civil War.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
n.d.
depicted
Stover, Florence
maker
Strobridge Lithographing Company
Morgan, Matt
ID Number
DL.60.3056
catalog number
60.3056
accession number
228146

Just Arrived

A color print of a carriage pulled by four horses in the town crossroads. It has knocked over a sign and part of a fence. One of the horses has fallen in his track and one straddles the watering trough.
Description
A color print of a carriage pulled by four horses in the town crossroads. It has knocked over a sign and part of a fence. One of the horses has fallen in his track and one straddles the watering trough. The carriage is about to turn over and the passengers and driver are falling out.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
n.d.
distributor
Needham, D.
Kelloggs & Thayer
maker
E.B. and E.C. Kellogg
ID Number
DL.60.3642
catalog number
60.3642

Quails or Partridges

Colored print of two quail standing on a rock beside a tree stump. A small log house with a shed and wooden fence appears in the background.Currently not on view
Description (Brief)
Colored print of two quail standing on a rock beside a tree stump. A small log house with a shed and wooden fence appears in the background.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1830
maker
Childs & Inman
artist
Doughty, Thomas
ID Number
DL.60.2697
catalog number
60.2697
accession number
228146

Mallard Shooting

This print is one of fifteen chromolithographs that were included in the 1889-1890 folio "Sport or Fishing and Shooting" published by Bradlee Whidden of Boston and edited by A.C. Gould.
Description (Brief)
This print is one of fifteen chromolithographs that were included in the 1889-1890 folio "Sport or Fishing and Shooting" published by Bradlee Whidden of Boston and edited by A.C. Gould. These prints are based on watercolors that were commissioned for the publication, and illustrated by prominent American artists. Each folio illustration was accompanied by a single leaf of descriptive text followed by an account of the depicted sporting scene. The publication was advertised as having been reviewed for accuracy by a renowned group of anglers and hunters prior to printing.
This print was originally titled and numbered on the text page as 7. Mallard Shooting. S.F. Denton. It depicts two men in a boat in a marsh. One man is shooting at mallard ducks while the other is paddling.
The artist was Sherman Foote Denton (1856-1937), a naturalist and noted illustrator of drawings of fish. Denton also invented a method of mounting fish that preserved their colors as in life. His work was frequently commissioned by the U.S. Fish Commision, forerunner of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1890
publisher; copywriter
Bradlee Whidden
lithographer
Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company
artist
Denton, Sherman Foote
ID Number
DL.60.2722
catalog number
60.2722
accession number
228146

Madame Lecompte La Belle Bayadere

Colored print of a ballet dancer (Eugenie Lecompte) posed on one foot.Currently not on view
Description (Brief)
Colored print of a ballet dancer (Eugenie Lecompte) posed on one foot.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1838
depicted
Lecompte, Eugenie Anna
maker
Baker, Alfred E.
ID Number
DL.60.2659
catalog number
60.2659
accession number
228146

Gorman's Original Philadelphia Church Choir Company

This black and white print is a profile bust portrait of actress Emma Henry wearing a plumed hat. The date and place, “Grand Opera House. Saturday Afternoon and Evening, Dec. 13, ’79,” are printed across the top in colored letters.Emma Henry was a successful stage actress.
Description
This black and white print is a profile bust portrait of actress Emma Henry wearing a plumed hat. The date and place, “Grand Opera House. Saturday Afternoon and Evening, Dec. 13, ’79,” are printed across the top in colored letters.
Emma Henry was a successful stage actress. She performed in the comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore at the Broadway Theatre in New York in the spring of 1879. That production was also presented by Gorman’s Philadelphia Church Choir Company and directed by John Philip Sousa. It’s possible that this poster is advertising her appearance in H.M.S. Pinafore later that year at the Grand Opera House which was probably the one in Manhattan which opened originally in 1868 as Pikes Opera House but was renamed a year later.
Gorman's Original Philadelphia Church Choir Company made its debut in the late 1870s with a performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's H. M. S. Pinafore. Composer and conductor John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) directed the production. The group was called the Amateur Opera Company before it changed its name to Gorman's Original Philadelphia Church Choir Company. Under Sousa's direction, the semi-amateur company continued to perform through 1879 in the Philadelphia area and New York. During this time Sousa met his wife, Jane van Middlesworth Bellis (ca 1862-1944), who had an understudy role in the production. The choir was one of several American musical companies that sprang up during that period, inspired by enthusiasm for the light operas of Gilbert and Sullivan.
This lithograph was produced by Henry Atwell Thomas. Henry Atwell Thomas (1834-1904) was an artist, portrait painter, and lithographer especially well known for his theatrical portraits. His New York firm was called H. A. Thomas Lith. Studio until 1887, when it became H. A. Thomas & Wylie Lithographic (sometimes cited as Lithography or Lithographing) Company.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1879 or before
depicted
Henry, Emma
maker
Thomas, Henry Atwell
ID Number
DL.60.3040
catalog number
60.3040
accession number
228146

The Prodigal Son Receiving His Patrimony by D.W. Kellogg and Company

This colored print is an interior scene depicting three men around a table in a well-appointed study. They are dressed in tightly tailored blue or brown frock coats, britches, white shirts, cravats(sons) and ascots (father). One is standing and receiving money from his father.
Description
This colored print is an interior scene depicting three men around a table in a well-appointed study. They are dressed in tightly tailored blue or brown frock coats, britches, white shirts, cravats(sons) and ascots (father). One is standing and receiving money from his father. The other son is seated on a red chair and looks on disapprovingly.
The parable of the Prodigal Son or the Lost Son is among the best-known Christian morality tales and is found in Luke 15:11-32. The youngest of the two sons demands his share of his father’s estate which the father gives him. Shortly after, he runs off and squanders the wealth “in wild living.” Finding himself destitute, he returns to his father, repents his ways, and begs to be allowed to serve as a hired servant. The father rejoices at the return of his son “who was lost and is found.” Meanwhile, the obedient, older son is angry and refuses to join the celebration. His father pleads with him to forgive and to understand his joy.
This print was originally produced by Amos Doolittle and later printed by the lithographic firm of D. W. Kellogg and Company. Amos Doolittle (1754-1832) was an American engraver who was trained as a jeweler and silversmith. He lived in Connecticut and was especially well known for his four engravings of the battles of Lexington and Concord. He also engraved Biblical scenes, bookplates and portraits. Daniel Wright Kellogg (1807-1874) founded D. W. Kellogg and Company in Hartford, Connecticut in 1830. Even before its first retail store opened in 1834, the D.W. Kellogg & Co. lithography firm was well established and popular in United States, particularly in the South and the Southwest. As the founding member of the family company, Daniel Wright Kellogg was responsible for the initial growth and popularity of the firm. After he left the company, it continued to flourish for decades under his younger brothers and other family members.
A nearly identical print (60.2921A) was made by the same principal publisher and another (60.2944) with a modified image was created about a decade later. Print (60.2938) depicts the same theme with a different illustration and a different publisher.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
ca 1838
maker
D.W. Kellogg and Company
original artist
Doolittle, Amos
ID Number
DL.60.2921A
catalog number
60.2921A
accession number
228146
maker number
758

(Ichabod Crane from Legend of Sleepy Hollow

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, a short story by celebrated American author Washington Irving, was first published in 1820 without illustrations in “The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.” Best known for his popular stories of Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Irving
Description
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, a short story by celebrated American author Washington Irving, was first published in 1820 without illustrations in “The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.” Best known for his popular stories of Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Irving achieved acclaim in Europe and the U.S. over the course of his successful writing career. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow was included in “The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent” while Irving was living in Europe. Thus, he was one of the earliest American authors to survive merely on his writing. Irving’s stories have remained an emblem of American culture as they were some of the first short stories that aimed to entertain rather than educate. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow story inspired artists to create beautiful illustrations like the one included in this print.
The gothic story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow tells of a man named Ichabod Crane who comes to Tarrytown, New York, known in the story as Sleepy Hollow, as a teacher. As he tries to win the heart of the beautiful Katrina Van Tassel, he ultimately finds himself being chased by the village’s feared legend, the Headless Horsemen. The story ends with a smashed pumpkin being found in the place where Ichabon disappeared, never to be seen again. This story is particularly popular around Halloween.
This lithograph from the artist’s 1848-1849 engraving, shows Ichabod Crane, the protagonist of Irving’s legend, as a schoolteacher sitting on a stool in the middle of the classroom. He is surrounded by his students as he sharpens a quill pen. The illustration coincides with the description in the story of Ichabod as a reasonable teacher, not too strict with his students. He rests calmly atop his stool as the children murmur their reading and lessons.
Sarony, Major, & Knapp was one of the largest lithographic firms at the end of the 19th and the early of the 20th centuries. However, before it achieved this success it started out small in 1843 when Napoleon Sarony and James P. Major joined together to start a business. Later in 1857, Joseph F. Knapp joined the company making it Sarony, Major, & Knapp. At the time that this was printed, Knapp was not a part of the business, so it was just Sarony & Major.
Felix O. C. Darley (1822-1888), the artist behind the twelve best-known illustrations for The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow, is considered one of America’s best illustrators. The publisher was the American Art Union, (1839-1857) a subscription organization created to educate the public about American art and artists while providing support for American artists. For $5.00 members would receive admissions to the gallery showing, a yearly report, and an engraving of an original work, as well as any benefits each chapter might provide. Two special editions of the story, each with a set of six of Darley’s illustrations were published; the special edition including this illustration was published in 1850. This print has been rebound with the five others at the back of the book and the cover is incorrectly from the earlier Rip Van Winkle edition published for the American Art Union, however the title page and text are of Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1849
copyright holder, publisher
American Art Union
artist
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr
maker
Sarony & Major
ID Number
DL.60.2424
catalog number
60.2424
accession number
228146

The Fruit

Colored print of a basket of fruit on a marble tabletop.Currently not on view
Description (Brief)
Colored print of a basket of fruit on a marble tabletop.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1850
distributor
Needham, D.
maker
Kelloggs & Comstock
ID Number
DL.60.2655
catalog number
60.2655
accession number
228146

Millard Fillmore

Color print; half length portrait of a seated man (President Millard Fillmore) holding a document. He is seated in a chair that has a crest ornately decorated with symbols of liberty. In the background is a green drape and column.Currently not on view
Description (Brief)
Color print; half length portrait of a seated man (President Millard Fillmore) holding a document. He is seated in a chair that has a crest ornately decorated with symbols of liberty. In the background is a green drape and column.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
n.d.
depicted
Fillmore, Millard
distributor
Needham, D.
maker
Kelloggs & Comstock
ID Number
DL.60.3175
catalog number
60.3175
accession number
228146

Daniel Webster

Color print; half length portrait of a man (Daniel Webster). In the midground is a rose colored drape and a column. In the far background is a city.Currently not on view
Description (Brief)
Color print; half length portrait of a man (Daniel Webster). In the midground is a rose colored drape and a column. In the far background is a city.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
n.d.
depicted
Webster, Daniel
distributor
Horace Thayer and Company
maker
E.C. Kellogg and Company
ID Number
DL.60.3177
catalog number
60.3177
accession number
228146

The Mammoth Grove. Plate IX. The Mammoth Grove Hotel, Grounds, and General View of the Forest.

Black and white print of a wood frame hotel and out-buildings in a clearing surrounded by trees. A circular drive leads to the hotel and encloses a formal garden. A caravan of camels and several ox-drawn wagon are on the drive.Currently not on view
Description (Brief)
Black and white print of a wood frame hotel and out-buildings in a clearing surrounded by trees. A circular drive leads to the hotel and encloses a formal garden. A caravan of camels and several ox-drawn wagon are on the drive.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1862
maker
Vischer, Edward
ID Number
DL.60.3840
catalog number
60.3840

Antediluvian Record by Endicott and Company

This colored print depicts a large genealogical tree depicting the early history of the world, with a table showing the lineage of the Biblical patriarchs, from the creation of Adam to the Deluge.
Description
This colored print depicts a large genealogical tree depicting the early history of the world, with a table showing the lineage of the Biblical patriarchs, from the creation of Adam to the Deluge. “Antediluvian” means “before the flood” and refers to the period before the Deluge as described in Genesis 6:11-9.19 of the Bible.
This print was produced by Endicott and Company, the successor to the New York firm of Geo. & Wm. Endicott Lithographers. George (1802-1848) and William Endicott (1816-1851) were born in Canton, Massachusetts. George Endicott began working as a lithographer in New York in 1828. He partnered with Moses Swett in the company Endicott & Swett from 1830 to 1834. William Endicott joined the company in 1841. Following George Endicott's death in 1848, the firm continued operating as William Endicott & Co. Francis Endicott (born ca. 1834) worked at the company from 1852 to 1886, and George Endicott, Jr. ran the firm from 1887 to 1891.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1873
designer
Doxsee, A.
maker
Endicott and Company
ID Number
DL.60.2400
catalog number
60.2400
accession number
228146

Which of Us Will You Marry ?

Sentimental genre prints documented the social image of Victorian virtue through domestic scenes of courtship, family, home life, and images of the “genteel female.” Children are depicted studying nature or caring for their obedient pets as they learn their place in the greater w
Description
Sentimental genre prints documented the social image of Victorian virtue through domestic scenes of courtship, family, home life, and images of the “genteel female.” Children are depicted studying nature or caring for their obedient pets as they learn their place in the greater world. Romantic scenes picture devoted husbands with their contented, dutiful wives. In these prints, young women educated in reading, music, needlework, the arts, the language of flowers, basic math and science are subjugated to their family’s needs.
These prints became popular as lithography was introduced to 19th Century Americans. As a new art form, it was affordable for the masses and provided a means to share visual information by crossing the barriers of race, class and language. Sentimental prints encouraged the artistic endeavors of schoolgirls and promoted the ambitions of amateur artists, while serving as both moral instruction and home or business decoration. They are a pictorial record of our romanticized past.
This three-quarter length hand colored print is of two young women with arms around one another. Both wear dresses with lace collars, long sleeves, tight bodices and full skirts. The woman on the left has light hair and wears a blue dress with a brooch and a double strand of beads. She holds in her right hand a rose. The woman on the right has much darker hair. She wears a red dress and a crown of flowers in her hair.
This print was produced by James S Baillie, who was active in New York from 1838 to 1855. James Baillie started as a framer in 1838, and then became an artist and lithographer in 1843 or 1844. He discovered how to color lithographs while working as an independent contractor for Currier & Ives in the mid 1840’s. A prolific lithographer and colorist for Currier & Ives, his prints were extremely popular with a wide distribution. J. Baillie spent his later years concentrating on painting instead of lithography.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1849
maker
Baillie, James S.
ID Number
DL.60.2310
catalog number
60.2310
accession number
228146

The Mammoth Grove. Plate IV. Mother of the Forest, (1855 and 1861) and Other Groups

Black and white print depicting a group of large evergreen trees. A couple stands on a mammoth tree stump in the foreground. Two of the trees have girdled half way up the trunk and inscribed "1855" and "1861".Currently not on view
Description (Brief)
Black and white print depicting a group of large evergreen trees. A couple stands on a mammoth tree stump in the foreground. Two of the trees have girdled half way up the trunk and inscribed "1855" and "1861".
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1862
maker
Vischer, Edward
ID Number
DL.60.3835
catalog number
60.3835

The Fox-Hunter

Colored print of a hunter on horseback with a crop in his raised hand. In the foreground a pack of hounds attack a fox. Two verses of a poem appear in the bottom margin on either side of the title.Currently not on view
Description (Brief)
Colored print of a hunter on horseback with a crop in his raised hand. In the foreground a pack of hounds attack a fox. Two verses of a poem appear in the bottom margin on either side of the title.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1846
distributor
Needham, D.
Kelloggs & Thayer
maker
E.B. and E.C. Kellogg
ID Number
DL.60.2672
catalog number
60.2672
accession number
228146

Country Place of Worship

Black and white print of men, children and horses outside a small wooden church in the woods. A dog and turtle are also depicted.Currently not on view
Description (Brief)
Black and white print of men, children and horses outside a small wooden church in the woods. A dog and turtle are also depicted.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
n.d.
publisher
American Sunday School Union
maker
Kollner, August
ID Number
DL.60.2986
catalog number
60.2986
accession number
228146

Washington and His Staff at Valley Forge by Veron Fletcher and Edward Moran

George Washington and five of his officers are featured in a scenic, snowy landscape.
Description
George Washington and five of his officers are featured in a scenic, snowy landscape. Valley Forge was headquarters for the Continental Army in 1777 and 1778 during the Revolutionary War, and is infamous as the place where 2,500 American soldiers died during the winter from exposure and starvation. Based on the artist Veron Fletcher’s painting, which was exhibited at the Smithsonian in February 1855, the print was drawn on stone by Edward Moran, brother of noted artist Thomas Moran. The print came with a two page key that included a biography on each of the soldiers.
Revolutionary War scenes often are used to convey patriotism. This scene highlights the heroic officers rather than depicting the gruesome hardships of war. The officers on horseback are the Marquis de Lafayette, Nathaniel Greene, Anthony Wayne, and Henry Knox. Standing in the background on the right is Col. John Brooks. It should be noted that Alexander Hamilton is not depicted. The building on the viewer's left was the headquarters which was still standing at the time the print was drawn according to the key on the original sketch. Thousands of Americans had prints of Washington in their homes prior to the Civil War. But given the size and $15.00 cost- based on the advertisement by Hensel & Urwiler of Philadelphia- this chromolithograph would have been purchased for a public building, well off school, college, library, or a business such as an eating establishment, or by a wealthy individual.
The original artist for this image was Veron Fletcher, a portrait painter, active in Philadelphia between 1848 and 1870. The lithographer, Edward Moran, was an English immigrant who came to the United States with his family in 1844. Trained by John Hamilton, he is most recognized for a set of 13 paintings which represented the history of marine life in the United States. The publisher was Herline, a company base out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lithographer/engraver Edward Herline, was born in 1825 in what is now in Bavaria, and immigrated to the United States with his brother Gustav in the 1840s. They settled in Philadelphia, and founded Herline & Company, a lithography firm. In 1857, lithographer Daniel Hensel joined the company and the name of the company changed to Herline & Hensel until 1964 when the company obtained another partner and became known as Thurston, Herline & Company.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1855
depicted
Washington, George
Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier Marquis de Lafayette
Greene, Nathanael
Wayne, Anthony
original artist
Fletcher, Veron
lithographer; graphic artist
Moran, Edward
publisher
Herline and Company
ID Number
DL.60.2582
catalog number
60.2582
accession number
228146

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