Series XIII: Art and Prints, 1700 - 1969

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Series XIII: Art and Prints, 1700-1969 finding aid

Valley Views of Northeastern Pennsylvania: reproductions of early prints and paintings of the Wyoming and other valleys of the Susquehanna, Lehigh, Delaware, and Lackawanna Rivers together with a descriptive list of plates was compiled by Gilbert Stuart McClintock and published by the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, 1948.

Dates

1700 - 1969

Access:

All series and subseries within this collection are open for research, with the exception of a few files within the Academia series that are restricted. The Academia series contains financial and sensitive institutional records from Wilkes College, and financial report records from Princeton University that will remain restricted for 80 years upon creation.

Extent

From the Collection: 17 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Series XIV: Art and Prints, 1700-1969

Series XIII: Art and Prints, 1700-1969 is arranged into six distinct subseries: Subseries I.I: Valley Views of Northeastern Pennsylvania Prints, Subseries I.II: Artwork, General, Subseries I.III: Flora/Fauna Prints, Subseries I.IV: Portraits and Engravings of People/Historical Figures, Subseries II.I: Photographs, Subseries II.II: Photograph Reproductions for Valley Views of NePA, and Subseries I.V: Stationary. This series contains prints, aquatints, etchings, engravings, lithographs, mezzotints, photographs, illustrations, sketches, paintings, portraits, and stationary. Much of these works exemplify the various locations and landscapes of Northeastern Pennsylvania (NEPA), as well as historical figures and artwork produced during the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries.

Each subseries is arranged by medium, including various types of printworks to illustrations, thematic topics such as important locations and figures, and a wide range of artworks that connect and relate to the Northeast Pennsylvania region.

This series consists of a variety of artistic themes and subjects within such as landscapes of Northeastern Pennsylvania, local collections of work, and historical figures. Many of the prints within the Art & Prints series were originally a collection of prints left to [Haus J Hochler] by his father who was Curator of Prints Boston Museum of Art & given by Haus J. to Gilbert McClintock (Removed to Mapcase M-2-4).

Subseries I.I: Valley Views of Northeastern Pennsylvania Prints, 1778-1887

Subseries I.I: Valley Views of Northeastern Pennsylvania Prints, 1778-1887, is arranged in alphabetical order by location depicted in the art, and contains prints, aquatints, etchings, engravings, lithographs, and photogravures of valley views and landscapes of Northeastern Pennsylvania from 1778 to 1887. The materials featured in this subseries were initially in Valley Views of Northeastern Pennsylvania: reproductions of early prints and paintings of the Wyoming and other valleys of the Susquehanna, Lehigh, Delaware, and Lackawanna Rivers together with a descriptive list of plates was compiled by Gilbert Stuart McClintock and published by the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society in 1948. Specific artists that are included within this subseries are Joseph Andrews, Charles Burton Baker, William Henry Bartlett, Thomas Birch, Henry Bisbing, Karl Bodmer, Carington Bowles, George Catlin, Jacob Cist, Cephas Grier Childs, William Croome, Charles Cousen, Charles Currier, Currier and Ives, John Dadley, E. L. Dana, Theodore Russel Davis, Amos Doolittle, Thomas Doughty, Asher B. Duran, George B. Ellis, Henry Griffiths, Haskell and Allen, Robert Hinshelwood, Richard H. Hobson, Jacob Hoffman, Frederick Juengling, The Kellogg & Buckeley Co., Augustus Köllner, George Lehman, Lossing & Barritt, F. Michelin, Hermann Julius Meyer, Miranda Meyers, John Ludlow Morton, George Murray, Frances Flora Bond Palmer, Granville Perkins, James Queen, Samuel Reinke, John Scoles, Thomas Sinclair, George Stinson & Co., Mrs. Rev. Selah Stocking, William Strickland, Cornelius Tiebout, Edward Valois, Isaac Weld, Edwin Whitefield, and Joseph Yeager.

Subseries I.II: Artwork, General, 1870-1923

Subseries I.II: Artwork, General, 1870-1923, is arranged alphabetically by the last name of creator and contains illustrations, etchings, engravings, lithographs, and prints of General Artwork including portraits, landscapes, and historic scenes. These pieces are not limited to Northeastern Pennsylvania themes and include a broader range of work. Some examples include advertisements, international locations like Venice and Concarneau, and historical events like The Battle of Wyoming. Specific artists that are included within this subseries are James Charles Armytage, Isidore-Laurent Deroy, Juliet Gambareau, Augustin-François Lemaître, Jacques-Gérard Milbert, James Queen, Jean-François Raffaëlli, Ferdinand Schmutzer, William Thomas Smedley, Pieter Daniel van der Burgh, William Walcot, and Henry Warren.

Subseries I.III: Flora/Fauna Prints, 1879-1922

Subseries I.III: Flora/Fauna Prints, 1879-1922, is arranged by last name of the creator and contains etchings, engravings, lithographs, prints, and sketches of various types of flora and fauna subjects. Specific artists that are included within this subseries are Karl Bodmer, Frederich Stuart Church, Ignaz Marcel Gaugengigl, E. Heinemann, Marguerite Kirmse, François Antoine Maxime Lalanne, Jacques-Gérard Milbert, Reichsdruckerei, Orwah Romen, and Louis Jules Frederic Villeneuve.

Subseries I.IV: Portraits and Engravings of People/Historical Figures, 1700-1956

Subseries I.IV: Portraits and Engravings of People/Historical Figures, 1700-1956, is arranged in alphabetical order by artist’s last name or the last name of the historical figure depicted within the art and contains a variety of prints including steel, line, and wood engravings, portraits, prints, mezzotints, etchings, illustrations, lithographs, and paintings of people and figures across a wide variety of styles and subject matter. This series excludes artwork of John Wilkes. Specific historical figures depicted in this subseries of artwork include Lydia Atherton, Thomas Ferrier Atherton, Thomas Henry Atherton, Sarah Atherton Henry, Melanie Parker, Isaac Barre, James Butler, John Campbell, Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal, King Edward IV, John Egerton, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Joseph Hume, William Murray, Dr. John Moore, William Penn, Jean Baptiste Santeul, Nicolas Tindal, François-Marie Arouet, and James Wolfe. Specific artists that are included in this subseries are Thomas Lewis Atkinson, Francesco Bartolozzi, Karl Bodmer, William Bromley, Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Francis Grant, Henry Cousins, Charles d’Agar, Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers, William Evans, John Faber Jr., Henry Farrer, William Thomas Fry, Ignaz Marcel Gaugengigl, Carl Gottlieb Guttenberg, Henry Bryan Hall, John Hall, William Hamilton, Thomas Hovenden, Henry Inman, George Keating, Edward Winsor Kemble, George Knapton, Sir Godfrey Kneller, Thomas Lawrence, Jean-Étienne Liotard, William Miller, Jean Morin, Bernard Picart, Sir Henry Raeburn, Friedrich Randel, Joshua Reynolds, John Rogers, John Sartan, Georg Johann Seitz, John Smith, James Stratford, Gilbert Charles Stuart, Benjamin West, Irving Ramsey Wiles, and Alessandro Zaffonato.

Subseries II.I: Photographs, c.1829-1924

Subseries II.I: Photographs, c.1829-1924, is arranged alphabetically by photographer’s last name or subject’s last name featured within the photograph and contains photographs of artwork either found in the Atherton home or relate to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Some works are photographs of replicated pieces dating back to the 14th and 16th centuries like Le Retable D’Isenheim (The Isenheim Altarpiece), by Matthias Grünewald and Discobolo di Mirone, by Myron. Specific photographers and artists that are included within this subseries are Jacob Cist, Charles F. Cook, Matthias Grünewald, and Myron.

Subseries II.II: Photograph Reproductions for Valley Views of NePA, 1810-1883

Subseries II.II: Photograph Reproductions for Valley Views of NePA, 1810-1883, is arranged alphabetically by location name and contains photographs and photogravures that have been reproduced from original paintings, prints, and drawings of Northeastern Pennsylvania landscapes located in national museums and art institutions. These photographic reproductions were most likely used in Gilbert S. McClintock’s Valley Views of Northeastern Pennsylvania: Reproductions of Early Prints and Paintings of the Wyoming and other Valleys along the Susquehanna, Lehigh, Delaware, and Lackawanna Rivers Together with a Descriptive List of Plates. Specific artists that are included within this subseries are Eugene J. Adams, Daniel Appleton, Thomas Birch, Karl Bodmer, Henry Boese, Cassell and Co., Mary Elizabeth Maxwell Cartney, Cephas Grier Childs, Mrs. E. A. Christie, Paul D. Cook, Jasper F. Cropsey, Charles Currier, Currier & Ives, Felix Octavius Carr Darley, Thomas Doughty, Peter Stephen Duval, Endicott & Co., George Fetter, John Filmer, Eugene C. Frank, Gustavus Johann Grunewald, John William Hill, Thomas Hill, Robert Hinshelwood, Richard H. Hobson, George Inness, Frederick Juengling, Robert S. Knerr, Augustus Kollner, Edward Henry Lamson, J. W. Lauderbach, George Lehman, Edmund Darch Lewis, Henry Linton, William McIlvaine, John C. McRae, Julius O. Montalant, Granville Perkins, Thomas Pownall, James Queen, Richard Smith, William Strickland, Pavel Petrovich Svinin, Charles Algernon Tomkins, Edward Valois, Lucas Weber, C. E. Weygandt, and A. Yeomans.

Subseries I.V: Stationary, no date

Subseries I.V: Stationary features a collection of historic stationary. It includes embellishments, ornate papers, and note pages.

Processed By:

Paige Edwards, Fall 2023-Spring 2024, Archives Work-Study, and Jessica Van Orden, Spring 2024, Archives Assistant, edited and supervised by Suzanna Calev, Wilkes University Archivist, Fall 2023-Spring 2024.

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