Creator |
Richardson, Thomas, 1802-approximately 1881. |
Contributor |
Butler, J. M. (John M.), printer. |
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Bannister, James, 1821-1901, engraver. |
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Burt, Charles Kennedy, 1823-1892, engraver. |
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Cushman, George Hewitt, 1814-1876, engraver. |
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Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888, artist. |
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Delnoce, Louis, d. ca. 1888, engraver. |
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Durand, Asher Brown, 1796-1886, artist. |
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Hall, Henry Bryan, 1808-1884, etcher. |
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Hamilton, James, 1819-1878, artist. |
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Leutze, Emanuel, 1816-1868, artist. |
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Phillibrown, Thomas, engraver. |
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Prud'homme, John Francis Eugene, 1800-1892, engraver. |
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Rice, W. W. (Engraver), engraver. |
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Sartain, John, 1808-1897, engraver. |
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Sartain, Samuel, 1830-1906, engraver. |
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Schussele, Christian, 1826?-1879, artist. |
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Smillie, James D., 1833-1909, engraver. |
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Whitechurch, Robert, 1814-approximately 1880, engraver. |
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American Bank Note Company, printer. |
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Bald, Cousland & Co., printer. |
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Baldwin, Bald, & Cousland, printer. |
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Toppan, Carpenter & Company (Philadelphia, Pa.), printer. |
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Alexander, John, bookseller. |
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Claghorn, James L. 1817-1884, associated name. |
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Henry, Alexander, 1823-1883, associated name. |
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Stillé, Charles J. 1819-1899, associated name. |
Title |
[Thomas Richardson and American Bank Note Company scrapbook] [graphic]. |
Publisher |
1854-1861 |
Date |
[ca. 1854-ca. 1861] |
Physical Description |
605 prints in 1 scrapbook : mezzotints, steel engravings, engravings, etchings ; scrapbook 45 x 36 cm (16.75 x 14.25 in.) |
Description |
Scrapbook compiled by Philadelphia banknote printer Thomas Richardson containing proofs of illustrations after the work of
F. O. C. Darley from Susan Fenimore Cooper's "Pages and Pictures from the Writings of James Fenimore Cooper" (New York, 1861);
portrait illustrations, some from J. B. Longacre's "National Portrait Gallery" (probably 1854 edition); and vignette specimens
of the American Bank Note Company and their predecessor companies. Cooper illustrations depict scenes on the frontier and
ship decks, with Native Americans, and of battles; deathbeds; and of informal meeting from his works The Oak Openings, The
Redskins, The Chainbearer, The Pathfinder, The Red Rover, The Monikins, Deerslayer, Homeward Bound, Lionel Lincoln, The Pilot,
Last of the Mohicans, The Wept Wish-ton Wish, The Spy, and Wing and Wing. Several also contain animals. Sitters in portrait
illustrations include Lewis Cass, Giuseppe Garibaldi, David Ramsay, James Kent, Thomas C. Pope, John McLean, Stephen Decatur,
Samuel Rogers, Rev. William Capers, John Binns, Washington Irving, and Noah Webster.
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Specimen subjects include portraits of prominent government officials, Civil War figures, businessmen, clergymen, royalty,
and "fancy heads" of named and unnamed women and children; allegorical figures and scenes, including Bounty, Liberty, Arts,
Agriculture, and Commerce; state and symbolic seals and insignia; naval and maritime imagery, including sailors, sailing vessels,
and wharf and dock views; modes and venues of transportation, including steamboats, trains, streetcars, and rail stations;
white and Black men artisans, laborers, and tradesmen, including drivers, farmers, sheep shearers, and furriers; industrial
views of factory workers, mineworkers, and female loom workers, as well as mills and factories along canals and riverfronts;
women at work feeding livestock, milking cows, and at a sewing machine; municipal buildings and storefronts; southern imagery,
including enslaved people at work, palmetto trees, plantations, and ports; patriotic, historical, military, and scenic imagery;
frontier views and scenes with Native Americans; and animals. Specimens with titles include Star of Empire (Princess Eugenie
of Sweden) River Source, The Guardian, Locomotive, Autumn Fruit, Sheep Feeding, The Yarn, Trusty, Picking Grapes, The Sickle,
The Death Blow, and Propeller Loading. Some specimens used as the backs of national currency.
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Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
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Date based on publication date of specimens. |
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Manuscript notes on front free end paper: Aunt Tillie Richardson (cousin Florence's aunt) in pencil; Scrapbook No. 3 in ink. |
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Lincoln Monument Association of Philadelphia certificate pasted on inside front cover and issued to Thos. Richardson on July
4, 1865, signed C. J. Stille, Secy; Alex. Henry, Prest.; and James L. Claghorn, Cashr. Certificate number 6004 and illustrated
with bust-length portrait of Lincoln. Charles J. Stillé, was a Philadelphia lawyer who served on the United States Sanitary
Commission, and was later Provost of the University of Pennsylvania. Alexander Henry was the mayor of Philadelphia. James
L. Claghorn was president of the Commercial National Bank in Philadelphia and an art collector.
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Stationer's label pasted on back cover: John Alexander, Stationer and Printer, 52 South Fourth St. |
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Various artists, engravers, and printers including F.O.C. Darley, G. H. Cushman, J. Hamilton, Asher B. Durand, C. Schussele,
John Sartain, Samuel Sartain, Jas. D. Smillie, E. Prudhomme, H. B. Hall, T. Phillibrown, R. Whitechurch, J. M. Butler, James
Bannister, Charles Kennedy Burt, Louis Delnoce, W. W. Rice, American Bank Note Company, Toppan, Carpenter & Co, Baldwin, Bald
& Cousland, and Bald, Cousland & Co.
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Several of the specimens contain a specimen number and/or title. |
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Few of the specimens contain a copyright statement. |
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Specimen #312 (p. 81) and specimen #280 (p. 71) after the work of Emanuel Leutze. |
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Inventory of portrait sitters housed at repository. |
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Identity of several of the artists and engravers supplied by Gene Hessler, The engraver's line: an encyclopedia of paper money
& postage stamp art (Port Clinton, OH: BNR Press, 1993).
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RVCDC |
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Accessioned 2012. |
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Description revised 2021. |
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Access points revised 2021. |
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Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
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Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the
Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
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Biographical / historical note |
Thomas Richardson (b. ca. 1802) was a Philadelphia plate printer who served as the foreman of printing at the Philadelphia
branch of the American Bank Note Company formed in 1858. He retired from the trade by 1880.
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Subject |
Binns, John, 1772-1860 -- Portraits. |
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Capers, William, 1790-1855 -- Portraits. |
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Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866 -- Portraits. |
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Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 -- Illustrations. |
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Decatur, Stephen, 1779-1820 -- Portraits. |
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Eugénie, Princess, daughter of Oscar I, King of Sweden and Norway, 1830-1889 -- Portraits. |
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Garibaldi, Giuseppe, 1807-1882 -- Portraits. |
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Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 -- Portraits. |
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Kent, James, 1763-1847 -- Portraits. |
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McLean, John, 1785-1861 -- Portraits. |
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Pope, Thomas C. -- Portraits. |
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Ramsay, David, 1749-1815 -- Portraits. |
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Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855 -- Portraits. |
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Webster, Noah, 1758-1843 -- Portraits. |
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African American men. |
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African Americans. |
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Agriculture. |
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Allegories. |
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Animals. |
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Art. |
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Artisans. |
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Business people. |
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Children. |
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Clergymen. |
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Commerce. |
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Decks (Ships) |
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Factories. |
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Farmers. |
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Farm life. |
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Fighting. |
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Frontier & pioneer life. |
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Government officials. |
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Indians of North America. |
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Indigenous peoples -- United States. |
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Industry. |
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Laborers. |
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Mills. |
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Municipal buildings. |
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Patriotism. |
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Piers & wharves. |
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Plantation life. |
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Sailing ships. |
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Sailors. |
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Sewing machines. |
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Enslaved persons -- United States. |
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Storefronts. |
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Transportation. |
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Women. |
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Work. |
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Enslaved men. |
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Enslaved people. |
Geographic subject |
Southern States -- Civilization -- 1775-1865. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War -- Military personnel. |
Genre |
Booksellers' labels (Provenance) |
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Engravings -- 1850-1870. |
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Illustrations -- 1850-1870. |
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Mezzotints -- 1850-1870. |
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Portrait prints -- 1850-1870. |
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Proofs -- 1850-1870. |
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Scrapbooks -- 1850-1870. |
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Specimens -- 1850-1870. |
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Steel engravings -- 1850-1870. |
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Vignettes -- 1850-1870. |
Provenance |
Alexander, John, bookseller. |
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Claghorn, James L. (James Lawrence), 1817-1884, associated name. |
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Henry, Alexander, 1823-1883, associated name. |
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Stillé, Charles J. (Charles Janeway), 1819-1899, associated name. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *albums (flat) [P.2012.6] |
Accession number |
P.2012.6 |