WEST POINT FOUNDRY- COLD SPRING

Name/Title

WEST POINT FOUNDRY- COLD SPRING

Entry/Object ID

L.2007.277

Description

Page from Harper's Weekly with a series of wood engravings of men in a factory: a line of text along the top separated from the image with two lines reads, "588; HARPER'S WEEKLY.; [SEPTEMBER 14, 1861."; below on left is a view of three men and a cannon supported on workhorses captioned, "RIFLING A GUN."; on right is a gun attached to a wheel captioned, "TURNING TRUNNIONS."; below is a gun attached to another contraption captioned, "BORING A GUN."; below is a scene of a group of men and a well dressed couple in a factory with the gun in the left foreground captioned, "MOULDING GUNS."; below the scenes is printed "WEST POINT FOUNDRY-COLD SPRING."; recto is a page of text with two illustrations.

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper; ink

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Harper's Weekly

Date made

Sep 14, 1861

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

16 in

Width

11 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 16 x 11 in. (40.6 x 27.9 cm)

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Tears and losses along all edges; yellow stains throughout; soil, bottom left; brown stain, bottom right; some foxing.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

William Diebold

Notes

Former owner

Related Entries

Notes

L.2007.284 - Engraving - Similar item

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Diebold Box #2

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Administrative Office, Archive Room, Shelf O3, B9

Note Type

Department

Note

Library