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., Published in Miss Leslie's magazine, April 1843., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 99, Gift of David Doret.
Creator
Richard, John H., b. ca. 1807, lithographer
Date
[April 1843]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Genre [P.2005.18.39]
