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Title |
St. Matthew's Hall, Church & Rectory in San Mateo, 1878 |
Object Name |
Lithograph |
Description |
St. Matthew's Hall, Church & Rectory in San Mateo, 1878. Moore & DePue lithograph by Britton & Rey. Black and white framed lithograph depicting the St. Matthew's Hall, Church & Rectory in San Mateo. Image shows an overview of the property, with a large white Victorian-style house in the middle connected to a smaller house to its right. To the far right is a brick church with a steeple; to the far left is a small white house and a dirt road leading behind the property. Dirt pathways in front connect all the buildings and lead to a dirt road, upon which two men on horseback and two figures in a two-horse drawn wagon are traveling. Behind the buildings is a large open field with American Flag waving from a pole, a regiment of soldiers, and five tents. Hills are in the background to the right. Printed on white paper, mounted under glass into a black plastic frame. |
Date |
1878 |
Creator |
Britton & Rey |
Role |
Artist |
Creator |
Lith. Britton & Rey, S.F. |
Role |
Lithographer |
Creator |
Moore & DePue |
Role |
Publisher |
Catalog Number |
2011.034.005 |
Dimensions |
H-14.125 W-30.125 D-0.625 inches |
Dimension Details |
Overall. |
Collection |
Three-Dimensional Collection |
Inscription Text |
"97" (top right of print); "MOORE & DE PUE, PUB.S.F. LITH.BRITTON & REY, S.F. / St. MATTHEWS HALL, CHURCH & RECTORY, SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA, REV. A.L.BREWER , RECTOR." (bottom of image) |
Notes |
Britton and Rey (1852-1906) was a lithographic firm based in San Francisco founded by Joseph Britton (1825-1901) and Jacques Joseph Rey (1820-1892). The leading firm in the area during the second half of the 19thg century, Britton and Rey eventually earned the reputation of being the western Currier and Ives… Within the partnership, Rey was the artist and Britton the principal lithographer. Britton was also principally concerned with the business aspects of the firm. [https://www.geographicus.com/P/ctgy&Category_Code=brittonandrey 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 San Mateo St Matthew Episcopal Church Churches Churches - San Mateo Churches - San Mateo - St. Matthew's Horse Back Riding Horse Drawn Vehicles Horses Wagons Flags Hills Brewer, Rev. Alfred Lee |
Subjects |
Lithographs Lithography Churches Rectories Houses Steeples Horses Horseback riding Flags Flagpoles Soldiers Tents Hills |
People |
Brewer, Rev. Alfred Lee |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Brenda Beckett |