Item 220: Photogravure by Unknown, [no date] of a Wood Engraving titled, “Nanticoke Dam,” by Frederick Juengling and John Filmore, after Granville Perkins, [1872]
Item — Box: 22, Folder: 43
Dates
- Created: [1872]
Creator
- Filmer, John, active 1862-1881 (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Photogravure
Condition Note:
Near perfect
Measurements:
9 in. x 6 ⅛ in.
Title:
Nanticoke Dam
Description:
A photography unknown depicting a print of a dam outside Nanticoke that is a negative print copy. A person rows in the foreground and a smoke stack rises in the background. Nanticoke is divided into Honey Pot and Hanover and was once a very active coal mining community. The name of this city is derived from the Native American Nentego or “tidewater people.” These people spoke Algonquin and were forced to move into this area after their Chesapeake Bay homelands were overtaken by European settlers. This piece was engraved by John Filmer and Frederick Juengling and illustrated by Granville Perkins.
Another work of J. Filmer can be found on the Library of Congress Website.
Frederick Juengling, born in Leipzig, Germany, obtained a common school education until he was 14. Before emigrating to the United States in 1866, he worked as an apprentice for a Berlin engraver. He studied painting in New York City at the Art Students’ League, began pursuing art, and gained recognition as a wood engraver. As its first secretary in 1881-1882 and vice president in 1882-1883, he was the founder of the American Society of Wood Engravers. He taught other engravers at his own studio and also received awards including: an honorable mention at the Paris Salon in 1881, and a second-class medal from an international fine arts exhibition in Munich in 1883.
Granville Perkins, an American illustrator and painter, was best known for his landscapes and marine subjects. In the 1870s and 1880s, he contributed many of his works to journals and books. Other mediums he took part in were oils and watercolors. He would go on to exhibit his work at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the National Academy of Design.
The date for the original manuscript has been ascertained by a comparison with another manuscript in the collection, 21.47. Item 47: Wood Engraving titled, “Nanticoke Dam.,” by Frederick Juengling after Granville Perkins, 1872 (removed to Print Box #5)
The manuscript was also first printed in the William Cullen Bryant work, Picturesque America, a two volume set of books describing the natural landscape of the United States. Daniel Appleton and Company published the first volume in 1872 and the second volume in 1874.
Location:
Nanticoke Dam
Creator
- Filmer, John, active 1862-1881 (Person)
- Juengling, Frederick, 1846-1889 (Person)
- Perkins,Granville 1830–1895 (Person)
Repository Details
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570-408-7823 (Fax)
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