Wyoming

John C. McRae, American, active 1845 - 1870
after Felix Octavius Carr Darley, American, 1822 - 1888

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1852

Engraving on paper

Sheet: 24 × 29 1/8 in. (61 × 74 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Guernsey Center Moore 1904 Memorial Fund

PR.965.66.4

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Print

Research Area

Print

Not on view

Inscriptions

Printed, in black in, lower center below image: WYOMING,; printed, in black ink, lower center below title: First of a Series of National Engravings / New York Published and Engraved under the superintendence of W. H. Holbrooke 157 Broadway and Pall Mall London; printed, in black ink, lower center along margin: ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS IN THE YEAR 1852 BY W.H. HOLBROOKE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK; printed, in black ink, lower center: [shield containing three masted ship, hand blow, and three bales of hay]; printed, in black ink, lower left below image: DRAWN BY F.O.C. DARLEY.; printed, in black ink, lower right below image: ENGRAVED BY J.C. McRAE; printed, in black ink, lower right: PRINTED BY W.H. ASHTON

Exhibition History

Images of the West: Selections from the Permanent Collection, MALS 190, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 15-August 28, 1994.

Provenance

Raymond G. Clifton (1895-1968), Pine Cupboard Antique Shop, Franklin, New Hampshire; sold to present collection, 1965.

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