Name/Title
Print of engraving of 19th century authors, and Schematic, c.1866Entry/Object ID
2001.20.1Description
ACC. NO. 01.20.1 A & B
SUBJECT CATEGORY: LIBRARY, ALAMEDA FREE
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1866
OBJECTS:
A. PRINT, FRAMED
B. SCHEMATIC
DESCRIPTIONS:
A. A BLACK-AND-WHITE STEEL ENGRAVING, WITH CAPTION, "AUTHORS OF US." ENGRAVING IS HOUSED UNDER GLASS IN ORIGINAL FRAME, WHICH CONSISTS OF STENCILED INTERIOR LINER OF GOLD LEAF, WITH OUTER BORDER OF GRAINED DARK WALNUT-COLORED GESSO.
SIZE: L 28" X W 42"
B. FRAMED SCHEMATIC IN BLACK-COLORED TYPE ON AN OFF-WHITE COLORED BACKGROUND. SCHEMATIC DISPLAYS CAPTION, "KEY TO HICKS' PICTURE, 'AUTHORS OF THE U S.'" SCHEMATIC IS IN MATCHING FRAME.
SIZE: L 9-1/2" X W 10-1/2"
GROUP STEEL ENGRAVING OF NOTED MID-NINETEENTH-CENTURY AUTHORS OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING LONGFELLOW, COOPER, HAWTHORNE, BEECHER, ETC. ACCOMPANYING SCHEMATIC HAS LINE DRAWINGS OF THE AUTHORS AND THEIR IDENTIFICATION, ACCORDING TO NUMBERS. HISTORY OF OBJECTS: A STEEL ENGRAVING BELIEVED TO HAVE HUNG IN THE ORIGINAL ALAMEDA FREE LIBRARY.
IT WAS PRESENTED TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRIOR TO 1971; HOWEVER, BOTH ITEMS WERE NOT DOCUMENTED UNTIL THIS DATE.
DONOR: UNKNOWN.
CATALOGED: JANUARY 20, 1001
