Distribution of the American Art - Union Prizes...

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Description:

The American Art Union operated as a lottery between 1839 and 1852, exhibiting and raffling paintings and providing its members with an annual engraving by subscription. It is estimated that more than 50,000 prints were distributed before the lottery was declared illegal and the Union disbanded. Early print collector George Perkins Marsh was a members of the American Art Union, although he specialized in European old master prints.

Date Made: 18471848

Printer: Sarony & MajorDelineator: D'Avignon, FrancisOriginal Artist: Matteson, Tompkins Harrison

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York, New York

See more items in: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts, Communications, Art

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Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. W. W. Buckley, 1961

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: GA.21010Catalog Number: 21010Accession Number: 235649

Object Name: PrintprintlithographObject Type: LithographOther Terms: Print; Planographic; Lithograph

Physical Description: paper (overall material)ink (overall material)

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-e28f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_780470

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