Object Record
Images
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Title |
Res. of D.S. McLellan, Laurel Creek Station, 1878 |
Object Name |
Lithograph |
Description |
Res. of D.S. McLellan, Laurel Creek Station, 1878. Moore & DePue lithograph by Britton & Rey hand-colored by Herbert Dengler of Portola Valley. Hand-painted framed lithograph depicting the residence of D.S.Mclellan, Laurel Creek Station on Southern Pacific RR. Image depicts a white house and barn on fields with trees. Laurel Creek is depicted in the background at the base of hills with two sailboats and a steamboat on it. There is a road to the right of the house leading to the barn, upon which a woman on horseback and another figure in a carriage are traveling. In the foreground is another road with three women and a man on a wagon led by two grey horses. In front of the road are railroad tracks and a Southern Pacific Railroad engine with two railcars. Behind the barn is a pasture with animals. Printed on white paper, mounted under glass into a gold wooden frame with an off-white matte with a red and blue edge. |
Date |
1878 |
Creator |
Britton & Rey |
Role |
Artist |
Creator |
Lith. Britton & Rey, S.F. |
Role |
Lithographer |
Creator |
Moore & DePue |
Role |
Publisher |
Catalog Number |
1987.040.030 |
Dimensions |
H-15.25 W-18.25 D-0.875 inches |
Dimension Details |
overall |
Collection |
Three-Dimensional Collection |
Inscription Text |
"Moore & DePue, Pub. S.F. BRITTON & REY,LITH. S.F. / Res.of D.S.Mc.LELLAN,Laurel Creek Station, 23 Miles from San Francisco on Southern Pacific R.R.San Mateo Co. Cal." (beneath image) |
Provenance |
San Francisco |
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 |
McLellan, D.S. Lithograph Trains Southern Pacific Railroad Horse Carriage Railroad Locomotives Laurel Creek Station |
Subjects |
Landscape prints Horseback riding Horses Carriages & coaches |
People |
McLellan, D.S. |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Robert & Joan Desky |