Mexican News
Alfred Jones, American, 1819 - 1900
after Richard Caton Woodville, American, 1825 - 1855
1853
Etching on paper, hand colored engraving
Sheet: 30 1/2 × 25 3/4 in. (77.5 × 65.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Guernsey Center Moore 1904 Memorial Fund
PR.951.30
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, lower left: R.C.W. 1848; lower center: Engraved 1851. Entered according to Art of Congress 1853; lower right: Engraved by Alfred Jones; lower left: Painted by Richard Caton Woodville
Course History
ENGL 29, American Fiction to 1900, Colleen Boggs, Spring 2014
English 52.20/African and African American Studies 82.11, Reading Between the Color Lines in 19th Century American Literature, Michael Chaney, Winter 2024
Exhibition History
A Space For Dialogue 23, White Eyes, Black Faces: The Depiction of African Americans by White Artists, Evan Jones, Class of 2005, Public Relations Intern, Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 4-February 13, 2005.
Nineteenth Century American Prints, Carpenter Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 25-June 12, 1977.
The American Scene: Views of Everyday Life, 1840-1890, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, ArtH50, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 27-September 6, 1998.
Publication History
Evan Jones, A Space For Dialogue 23, White Eyes, Black Faces: The Depiction of African Americans by White Artists, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2005, ill. p. 1.
Provenance
The Old Print Shop, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 1951.
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