Soquel, CA
Details
- Dimensions
- 13.75ʺW × 0.75ʺD × 12ʺH
- Styles
- Realism
- Frame Type
- Framed
- Art Subjects
- Animals
- Period
- Early 19th Century
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Gouache
- Paper
- Pen and Ink
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Green
- Condition Notes
- Paper is in good condition and shows minimal age toning at the margins of the previous mat underneath the new … morePaper is in good condition and shows minimal age toning at the margins of the previous mat underneath the new mat.. less
- Description
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Wonderfully preserved hand-colored 1830's lithograph "Ground Squirrel" by Thomas Doughty (American, 1793 - 1856), circa 1830. From "The Cabinet of …
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Wonderfully preserved hand-colored 1830's lithograph "Ground Squirrel" by Thomas Doughty (American, 1793 - 1856), circa 1830. From "The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports." Phila: J.&T. Doughty, 1830-32. Sold previously by Bland Gallery, Early 20th century East Side gallery specializing in miniatures. Presented in frame with new acid-free mat under plexiglass. Image size: 7.25"H x 8.75"W.
Doughty’s short-lived magazine “The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports” is an important imprint in the history of American printing. It contained the first colored sporting prints made in America. Issued in monthly parts and published from the end of 1830 until the spring of 1834, “The Cabinet” featured articles on hunting, detailed descriptions of newly discovered flora and fauna, and some of the finest examples of early American hand-colored lithography. It was originally the work of the Doughty brothers, Thomas and John, with virtually all of the plates being the work of Thomas, who also founded the Hudson River School. But, by the spring of 1832, the partnership had broken up and Thomas had moved to Boston. An abbreviated third volume lacked Thomas’ touch.
Printed by Childs & Inman, the partnership between Philadelphia engraver and lithographer Cephas G. Childs and New York portrait painter Henry Inman, was active 1830-1833 on Walnut Street near Fourth Street. One of the earliest premier lithographic firms in the city, Childs & Inman succeeded the firm of Pendleton, Kearny & Childs and was noted for lithographs eliciting the "spirit and freedom of execution, which no merely imitative art can ascertain." Through the first year of the partnership, Inman remained in New York and coordinated with Childs about the business through correspondence. While outside of Philadelphia, Inman acted not only as the head artist, but as a business agent. He interacted with print sellers to gauge the state of the market for lithographs; purchased and shipped supplies; and suggested artists, such as James Clonney for employment.
Other artists employed by Childs & Inman included George Lehman, who later becomes Childs's partner; Thomas Doughty; E. W. Clay; Albert Newsam; W. H. Hay; and H. E. Sauinier. Renown printer P. S. Duval also entered the firm in September 1831 after he was recruited in Europe by Childs who was traveling abroad to better learn the trade.
Childs & Inman printed city and town views, portraits, political caricatures, advertisements and plates for J. & T. Doughty's "Cabinet of Natural History," and McKenney & Hall's "History of the Indian Tribes of North America." In 1833, Inman left the partnership and Childs continued proprietorship of the firm with artist Lehman under the business name Childs & Lehman. less
Soquel, CA
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