Object Record
Images
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Title |
Residence of W.J. Fifield, 2d T.P., 1878 |
Object Name |
Lithograph |
Description |
Residence of W.J. Fifield, 2d T.P., 1878. Moore & DePue lithograph by Britton & Rey. Colorized lithograph by Britton & Rey printed on paper and mounted behind glass beneath an off-white mat with a gold-colored inner border inside a brown wooden frame. Image depicts a a large two-story white wooden building on a corner street with a wooden boardwalk. Signage out front reads "Grand Hotel." Both stories of building are lined with windows and there is a awning extending from the top of the first floor over the boardwalk. People are sitting, standing and walking on the boardwalk and a black covered carriage led by two horses is passing by on the street. |
Date |
1878 |
Creator |
Britton & Rey |
Role |
Artist |
Creator |
Lith. Britton & Rey, S.F. |
Role |
Lithographer |
Creator |
Moore & DePue |
Role |
Publisher |
Medium |
Lithograph |
Catalog Number |
1998.117.024 |
Dimensions |
H-17.625 W-19.75 D-1.25 inches |
Dimension Details |
frame; image is 7.75 x 10.25 |
Collection |
Three-Dimensional Collection |
Inscription Text |
"MOORE & DE PUE, PUB. S.F. / BRITTON, REY & CO.LITH.S.F. / GRAND HOTEL, REDWOOD CITY, San Mateo Co. Cal. JOHN CROWLEY Prop." (printed beneath image); "The / Framery / of Sonoma / Custom Framing / & Art Gallery / Scott Wm. Sherman / 762 (inscription cont.) Broadway; P.O. Box 417 / Sonoma, California 95476 / (707) 996-4744" (white label on frame backing); "15" (handwritten on yellow masking tape affixed to back) |
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 |
Buildings Carriages Grand Hotel Lithographs Redwood City |
Subjects |
Lithographs Lithography Hotels Buildings Boardwalks Awnings Carriages & coaches |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Assistance League of San Mateo County |