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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M25823
People
John Jesse Barker, American (born c. 1785, active c. 1815-1860)
After William G. Mason, American (active 1822–1860)
Title
Horizontorium: Philadelphia Bank
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1832
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/96811

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 57.6 x 44.4 cm (22 11/16 x 17 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: J. J. Barker
  • legend: yes, lower left, printer's ink, lithograph, signed: HORIZONTORIUM. / From the original drawing by Wm. Mason. / in the possession of Charles N. Bancker Esqr. / Philadelphia. Published by R. H. Hobson 147 Chestnut Street / Entered according to act of Congress in 1832 by R. H. Hobson in the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Drawn on stone by J. J. Barker
  • watermark: paper, compression: G T [note that this is the same wm as on the impression in the Library Company of Philadelphia]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of the Balzer Family Fund
Accession Year
2003
Object Number
M25823
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • GenEd US12 American Encounters: Art, Contact, and Conflict, 1560-1860 (S427) Spring 2012, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 05/12/2012

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