Item 45b: Lithograph titled, “View of Mauch Chunk,” by Theodore Russel Davis (removed to Print Box #5), 1869 September 18.
Item — Box: 21, Folder: 45b
Dates
- Created: 1869 September 18.
Creator
- Davis, Theodore Russel, 1840–1894 (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Lithograph
Condition Note:
Okay.
Measurements:
11 ⅛ in. x 7 ¼ in.
Title:
View of Mauch Chunk
Description:
This lithograph shows workers loading coal onto barges in the foreground. On the left, trains are moving on railroads. On the right, there is a view of Jim Thorpe. Mountains rise in the background. Referred to as the “Switzerland of America,” Mauch Chunk was known for its mountainous scenic views along the line of the Switchback Railroad and Lehigh Valley Railroad. It is still attracting tourists to see the beautiful, mountainous views. Now referred to as Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania since 1954, Mauch Chunk is located in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It is known for the burial site of the Native American athlete, Jim Thorpe. It is settled in the Pocono Mountains about 29 miles northwest of Allentown. Theodore R. Davis was hired by Harper’s Weekly as a special artist, documenting American Civil War events and is also the creator of this piece.
According to Valley Views of Northeastern Pennsylvania, by Gilbert S. McClintock, “From Harper’s Weekly, September 18, 1869.” It is also mentioned that James Queen with P. S. Duval and E. Valois with C. Currier’s Lith. also created prints with views of Mauch Chunk.
Born in 1840, Theodore Russel Davis was an American artist in the 19th century. He produced many eye-witness drawings of important military and political occurrences throughout the American Civil War and the events following it. He was also a special artist for Harper's Weekly, a political American magazine based in New York City.
Edward Valois was born in 1820 and was a lithographer based in New York City in the 1840s through the 1860s and was still in business with another artist, G.W. Fasel in the 1860s. He died in 1903. More work by Valois can be found on the Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
Charles Currier was an American artist possibly from Roxbury, Massachusetts and was born in 1818. He died in 1887 in Brookly, New York.
Location:
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
Transcription:
September 18, 1869] HARPER’S WEEKLY 605
VIEW OF MAUCH CHUNK, CARBON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. - [SKETCHED BY THEODORE R. DAVIS.]
Creator
- Davis, Theodore Russel, 1840–1894 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
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84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu