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Imprint Annotated Bibliography - 1990
90. Bruhn, Thomas P. "Thomas Moran's Painter-Lithographs." Vol. 15, no. 1 (Spring 1990), 2-19.
Between 1859 and 1869, Moran drew at least thirty-nine lithographs on stone. They are rare and very beautiful images. Bruhn provides a synopsis of Moran's life and early artistic career, focusing on the prints that he suggests fall into three groups defined by subject, style, signature, or date. Moran was one of the few American artists to use lithography as a medium of expression. Following the excellent analytical essay is a checklist of the lithographs, including locations, notes, and comments on the images.
91. Pratt, Dallas. "Historical Maps at the American Museum in Britain." Vol. 15, no. 1 (Spring 1990), 20-26.
One of the founders of the American Museum in Bath, England, Dallas Pratt presented to it his collection of two hundred maps of the world and the Americas issued prior to 1610. In this article, Pratt presents an overview of the exhibitions from his collection at the Museum and reproduces a selection of the maps.
92.Ruge, Valice F. "Life along the Hudson and a Checklist of Harper's Weekly Hudson River Subjects." Vol. 15, no. 1 (Spring 1990), 27-45.
Harper's Weekly carried pictorial material of all types. Ruge has examined a complete run of the magazine (1859-1903) and cited the 104 pictures of Hudson River scenes. Fifteen are reproduced with accompanying text from the magazine. The checklist is arranged chronologically and provides text page, title, page number of illustrations, and the names of artist, photographer, and engraver when cited.
93. Brust, James, and Wendy Shadwell. "The Many Versions and States of The Awful Conflagration of the Steam Boat Lexington." Vol. 15, no. 2 (Autumn 1990), 2-13.
This article examines the publication history of one of the most important and popular images issued by Nathaniel Currier and other lithographers in 1840. Many thousands of impressions of three versions by Currier poured forth. The article includes a list of versions and states with locations in collections and a bibliography on the disaster. See also the Update, Spring 1993, item 107.
94. Fowble, E. McSherry. "Currier & Ives and the American Parlor." Vol. 15, no. 2 (Autumn 1990), 14-19.
In an interesting look at material culture through the medium of lithography, Fowble examines how Currier & Ives prints both influenced and reflected taste of the nineteenth century. The parlor depicted in Currier & Ives’ 1868 lithograph The Season of Rest (Plate 4 in The Four Seasons of Life series) is compared with the arrangements suggested in manuals for young housekeepers such as Frances Byerly Parker's Domestic Duties (New York, 1828), Catherine Beecher and Harriet B. Stowe's The American Woman's Home (1869), and Almon C. Varney's Our Homes and Their Adornments (1882). Fowble concludes that the prints do reflect the dictates of these manuals but also show that housewives and artists were not enslaved by them.
95. Magill, John T. "Pelican's Eyes: Views of New Orleans." Vol. 15, no. 2 (Autumn 1990), 20-31..
Magill surveys bird’s-eye views of New Orleans from 1803 through the 1880s. He attempts, in particular, to assess the accuracy of these images. Distortion of New Orleans is caused by the topography of the city, sprawled along the curves of the Mississippi River.
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