Object Record
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Title |
"Glen Side", the Residence of Maurice Woodhams of La Honda, 1878 |
Object Name |
Lithograph |
Description |
"Glen Side", the Residence of Maurice Woodhams of La Honda, 1878. Moore & DePue lithograph by Grafton Tyler Brown hand-colored by Herbert Dengler of Portola Valley. Hand-painted framed lithograph depicting "Glen Side" residence of Maurice Woodhams of La Honda. Image shows a large white house with a fenced-in curved yard and vegetation throughout. A dirt path surrounds the outside of the fence followed by green grass where livestock is grazing. To the back left of the house are woods, followed by a hay field with hills in the background. Printed on white paper, mounted under glass into a gold colored wooden frame with an off-white mat with a red and blue edge. |
Date |
1878 |
Creator |
Brown, Grafton Tyler |
Role |
Artist |
Creator |
G.T. Brown & CO. LITH., S.F. |
Role |
Lithographer |
Creator |
Moore & DePue |
Role |
Publisher |
Catalog Number |
1987.040.049 |
Dimensions |
H-14.25 W-17.5 D-0.75 inches |
Dimension Details |
Overall. |
Collection |
Three-Dimensional Collection |
Inscription Text |
"Moore & DePue, Pub. S.F. Lith. G.T.Brown & Co. S.F. / 'Glen Side' Residence of Maurice Woodhams, La Honda San Mateo Co. Cal." (beneath image) |
Notes |
Grafton Tyler Brown (February 22, 1841 – March 2, 1918) was an American painter, lithographer and cartographer. Brown was the first African-American artist to create works depicting the Pacific Northwest and California. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grafton_Tyler_Brown 1/5/2022] Herb Dengler was born and raised in Palo Alto, where he attended Palo Alto schools, and graduated from Stanford with a degree in zoology… Mr. Dengler became the spirit of Jasper Ridge. With his encyclopedic knowledge of every rock and tree and insect, and his unfailing enthusiasm, he was a key player in establishing the 1,200-acre Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, which he continued visiting almost until his death last week. [Portola Valley artist and naturalist Herb Dengler dies By Marion Softky. Wednesday, September 25, 2002. https://www.almanacnews.com/morgue/2002/2002_09_25.dengler.html 1/5/2022] Moore & DePue. In 1878, publishers Elliott S. Moore and James De Pue saw opportunity in San Mateo County... Brown divided production of sixty-four views with Britton & Rey, and the larger firm produced... twenty-two views along the Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way, including fourteen in the county seat. While Britton & Rey canvassed the more prestigious areas, Brown sketched forty-one farms, residences, and businesses. Of fourteen views that filled two pages, Brown did eleven. Each lithographer used distinctive corner ornaments. Furthermore, Britton & Rey did the county map, while Brown provided the illustrated title page as his forty-second view. Brown's views illustrate his more sophisticated sense of contour and color of mountains, as well as the interplay of sky, cloud, and shadow, while Britton & Rey emphasized foreground people, horses, and houses and their shadows. Brown's shading of hills and clouds adds more depth than is normally found in scenes where the artist's view was expected only to inventory the property of the paying customer. After seven months of production, Moore and DePue praised the "skill and artistic finish" of the plates included in their Illustrated History of San Mateo County, and through the Redwood City newspaper on November 30, 1878, declared that "we are now delivering [them] to our subscribers." For those with second thoughts, the publishers offered, "a limited number can be purchased of our delivering agents while on their route. Price ten dollars." Today, this county history is in great demand. - Robert J. Chander, San Francisco Lithographer: African American Artist Grafton Tyler Brown (2014), pages 146-148. [https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/69670/california-san-mateo-county-moore-de-pues-illustrated-brown-co-depue-moore 1/5/2022] |
Search Terms |
Lithographs Residences-San Mateo County Woodhams, Maurice La Honda La Honda - Homes Hills Farming Dairy Dairy farming |
Subjects |
Lithographs Lithography Houses Livestock Grazing Hay Hills |
People |
Woodhams, Maurice |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Robert & Joan Desky |