Details
Creator Richard, John H., b. ca. 1807, lithographer.
Contributor Duval, Peter S. 1804 or 5-1886, publisher.
Title Grandpapa's pet. [graphic] / Drawn & lithotinted by John H. Richard's, expressly for Miss Leslie's Magazine. The first specimen of this art ever produced in the United States.
Publisher Philadelphia: Lith. of P. S. Duval
Date [April 1843]
Physical Description 1 print: lithotint; 24 x 16 cm. (9.5 x 6.25 in.)
Description Periodical illustration of a genre scene showing an elderly man watching over his toddling grandchild inside a cottage. The man sits on a bench next to a tankard and blankets. The grandchild wearing a dress and bonnet uses a chair as a balance. Scene also includes a sleeping dog, tools hanging on the wall and resting on the floor, and a plant displayed on a window sill. Lithotint was a lithographic process using different strengths of ink applied to the printing stone to create the appearance of a watercolor. The technique proved too arduous to be marketable and few lithotints were produced in the United States.
Notes Published in Miss Leslie's magazine, April 1843.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 99
Gift of David Doret.
Subject Grandfathers.
Children.
Babysitting.
Dogs.
Genre Lithotints -- 1840-1850.
Genre prints -- 1840-1850.
Printer: Duval, Peter S. 1804 or 5-1886, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| BW - Genre [P.2005.18.39]
Accession number P.2005.18.39