John Pounds by William Sharp and Ephraim Bouve
date: label: date made
content: 1843-1844
name: label: depicted
content: Pounds, John
label: lithographer
content: Bouve & Sharp
label: artist
content: Sharp, William
notes: label: Description
content: This colored print depicts a teacher named John Pounds repairing a shoe and listening to a boy standing next to him reading aloud from a book. Many other children line the schoolroom. Bird cages, shoe forms, books, shoes, boots, and a stack of slates decorate the wall. Two birds sit on the shelf and a cat stands by Pounds' feet. John Pounds (1766-1839) taught impoverished children in Portsmouth, England. His innovative teaching methods and philanthropic aims have been celebrated in publications, paintings, and memorials in his honor.
label: Description
content: This print was created by William Sharp (artist) and produced by the lithographic firm of Bouve and Sharp. William Sharp (1803-1875) was an English-born lithographer and painter who arrived in Boston, Massachusetts around 1839-1840. He was credited with introducing chromolithography to America after his arrival. Sharp worked with the lithographer Francis Michelin (1809/10-1878) and with lithographer and engraver Ephraim Bouve (1817-1897) from 1843-44. He established his own business in New York in 1844. Ephraim W. Bouve (1817-1897) was a lithographer and engraver. The firm of Bouve and Sharp produced city scenes, book illustrations and portraits.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
label: depicted
content: United Kingdom: England, Portsmouth
topic: label: Subject
content: Education
label: Subject
content: Pets
label: Subject
content: Children
label: Subject
content: Birds
label: Subject
content: Glasses
label: Subject
content: Architecture, Industrial Buildings
label: depicted
content: Teacher
label: depicted
content: classroom
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Art
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content: Peters Prints
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Morality & Religious Prints
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Peters, Harry T.. America on Stone
label: Related Publication
content: Flint, Janet A.. The Way of Good and Evil
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.60.2830
label: catalog number
content: 60.2830
label: accession number
content: 228146
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 14 in x 12 in; 35.56 cm x 30.48 cm