Untitled (House and stream)
date: label: date made
content: 1819
name: label: maker
content: Otis, Bass
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Black and white print of a woodland scene depicting a small house in front of a wide flowing stream. The stream runs below or up to a stone arched stone section of the house.
label: Description (Brief)
content: This print was produced from a drawing by Bass Otis. It was created on a lithographic stone made of limestone from Munich, Germany that had been presented to the American Philoophical Society by Thomas Dobson of Philadelphia. The stone had been signed out In May 1819 for the purpose of experimenting by Otis and scientist Dr. Samuel Brown. The printing was done by Otis and published in the July 1819 issue of The Analectic Magazine. It is generally accepted as the first American lithograph.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Communication, magazines
label: Subject
content: Chronology: before 1820
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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: The Analectic Magazine
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.60.2417
label: catalog number
content: 60.2417
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: 3 1/2 in x 4 3/4 in; 8.89 cm x 12.065 cm