Object Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
St. Matthews Hall Church and Rectory, 1878 |
Object Name |
Lithograph |
Description |
St. Matthews Hall Church and Rectory, 1878. Moore & DePue lithograph by lithographer Britton & Rey, published by Moore & DePue and hand-colored by Herbert Dengler of Portola Valley. Colored lithograph is mounted under glass and an off-white mat with an orange and blue inner border inside a gold-colored painted wooden frame. Image depicts a fenced property with several white wooden buildings with brown roofs. To the right is a gray stone church with a black roof and a tall steeple. In the background is grass, an American flag and marching troops in blue uniforms. There is a street in the foreground with two riders on horses and a two-horse carriage carrying two passengers. |
Date |
1878 |
Creator |
Britton & Rey |
Role |
Artist |
Creator |
Lith. Britton & Rey, S.F. |
Role |
Lithographer |
Creator |
Moore & DePue |
Role |
Publisher |
Medium |
Lithograph |
Catalog Number |
2000.015 |
Dimensions |
H-18.875 W-33.125 D-0.75 inches |
Dimension Details |
frame; image is 12.75 x 26.875 |
Collection |
Three-Dimensional Collection |
Inscription Text |
"MOORE & DE PUE,PUB.S.F. / LITH.BRITTON& REY.S.F. / St.MATTHEWS HALL, CHURCH & RECTORY, SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA, REV.A.L.BREWER, RECTOR." (printed beneath image on front) |
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] 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 |
St. Matthew's Church St. Matthew’s Hall Lithograph Moore & DePue |
Subjects |
Churches Cityscape drawings |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Robert & Joan Desky |