Item 26: Engraving by Joseph Andrews, entitled “The Race Bridge Fair Mount Water Works, Philadelphia,” after Charles Burton Baker, [1831-1840s]
Item — Box: 21, Folder: 26
Dates
- Created: [1831-1840s]
Creator
- Barber, Charles Burton, 1845–1894 (Person)
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
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Engraving
Condition Note:
Good, the only issue is discoloration.
Measurements:
10 15/16 in. x 8 13/16 in.
Title:
The Race Bridge Fair Mount Water Works, Philadelphia.
Description:
An engraving depicting the Race Bridge in Philadelphia. For more information on this work visit the American Philosophical Society Museum Website. This print was illustrated by Charles Burton Barber and engraved by Joseph Andrews.
Born in Great Yarmouth in Norfolk in 1845, Charles Burton Barber was a British painter well known for his painting of children and their pets. However, Barber also created landscapes as well. He studied at the Royal Academy in London at the age of 18 and received a silver medal for drawing in 1864. He exhibited his work for the first time there in 1866. During his life, he was known as one of Britain’s finest animal painters and was even commissioned by Queen Victoria to paint her grandchildren and dogs. He was also commissioned by the Prince of Wales, Edward VII, to paint his pets. Much of his paintings can be found in the Royal Collection. He was eventually elected a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in 1883.
Joseph Andrews was an etcher and engraver born in Hingham, Massachusetts in 1806, where he eventually trained and worked in Boston. During 1835-1836, he traveled to London, England to study engraving with Joseph Goodyear. He died in 1841.
The estimation of the dates has been assigned by comparisons with similar manuscripts on the Risd Museum’s web page, dating their manuscript in 1831 and the Philadelphia Print Shop’s web page dating their manuscript in 1843.
The estimation of the dates has been assigned by comparisons with similar manuscripts on the Risd Museum’s web page, dating their manuscript in 1831 and the Philadelphia Print Shop’s web page dating their manuscript in 1843.
Location:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Transcription:
Drawn by C. Burton Engraved by J. Andrews
THE RACE BRIDGE FAIR MOUNT WATER WORKS, PHILADELPHIA
Vol[ume]. 11. page . 407
Creator
- Barber, Charles Burton, 1845–1894 (Person)
- Andrews, Joseph, 1806-1841 (engraver) (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
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