Milwaukee, Wis. [ca. 1873]

Print

Milwaukee Public Library

Name/Title

Type of Print

Lithograph

Context

Text below the image offers these identifications: Ship Yard Allis & Co. Reliance Works South Side Turner Hall St. John's Ep. [Episcopal] Church 5 [5th] Ward School Ph. Best & Co.s S.S. Brewery Milwaukee River N. & St. Paul R.R. Co. Old Elevator New Elevator Shipping in Milwaukee River Nazro's Building Calvary Church St. James Church Gas Works Second Bapt [Baptist] Church Light House St. Galls Church Plankinton House Lutheran Church Newhall House N.W. Life Ins. Co. Building St. Mary's Church School Plymouth Church Temple Emanuel Court House Union Baptist Church St. John's Cathedral Wisconsin St. Depot Olivet Church A Goodrich Line Sheboygan ship is also visible.

Collection

Wisconsin Art Collection, Artwork Collection

Acquisition

Accession

1963.2

Source or Donor

Henry Maier

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist Information

George Henry Ellsbury

Artist

Milwaukee Lithographic and Engraving Co.

Role

Printer

Date made

1874

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

Lower left

Transcription

"C.H. Ellsbury Del."

Notes

The artist's name does appear to be printed as "C.H. Ellsbury," but it should be "G.H."

Location

Lower right

Transcription

"Milwaukee, Lith. & Eng. Co"

Type

Title

Location

Lower center, below image

Transcription

"Milwaukee, Wis."

Location

Lower center, below title

Transcription

"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1874 by Geo. H Ellsbury and Vernon Green with the Librarian of Congress"

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Framed Size

Height

23-1/2 in

Width

36 in

Dimension Description

Image Size

Height

16-1/2 in

Width

29-3/4 in

Relationships

Related Publications

Notes

See the Milwaukee Lithographic & Engraving Company Poster Collection, Archives & Special Collections, Milwaukee Public Library.

Provenance

Notes

If this is the work described in the accession record at 1963.2, it was from Leon C. Baldwin, historian and antique broker in Fulton, NY, to Mayor Henry Maier, who then gave it to MPL.

Research Notes

Notes

"Ellsbury did not use the bird's-eye view perspective so popular with his contemporaries. Instead, he portrayed his cities as seen from the ground or from a slight elevation and some distance. He filled the foregrounds of these long panoramas with interesting and pictorially effective details" (Reps p.174).