The Landing of Columbus in America 11th October, 1492
date: label: date made
content: ca 1875
name: label: publisher
content: Gleason, Frederick
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Colored print of Christopher Columbus standing in a rowboat that is moored near the shoreline. He holds a flag in his left hand, and a hat in his up-raised right hand. Various other figures are standing and/or kneeling around him. A sailing ship is anchored in the waters in the background.
label: Description (Brief)
content: This print was produced by Frederick Gleason (1814-1896). a lithographer and publisher in Boston, Massachusetts. Born in September 1814 in Germany, Gleason moved to the United States in October 1836, and began his career as a bookbinder. He became a citizen in June 1840. He is best known for establishing the popular illustrated weekly <i>Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion</i> in 1851, modelled on the Illustrated <i>London News.</i> At the time an innovation in American publishing, it brought him considerable success. After the Pictorial, Gleason published <i>Gleason's Literary Companion</i> from 1860–70; <i>Gleason's Home Circle</i> from 1871–90; and <i>Gleason's Monthly Companion</i> from 1872–87. He was married a second time after his first wife died, and he died November 6, 1896 in Boston.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
topic: label: Subject
content: Colonial Life
label: Subject
content: Exploration and Discovery
label: Subject
content: Costume
label: Subject
content: Patriotism and Patriotic Symbols
label: related event
content: Columbus "Discovering " America
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Art
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content: Peters Prints
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content: Domestic Furnishings
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Peters, Harry T.. America on Stone
label: Related Publication
content: Marzio, Peter. The Democratic Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.2538
label: catalog number
content: 60.2538
label: accession number
content: 228146
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 8 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in; 21.59 cm x 29.21 cm