The Village School by Burrow-Giles Lithographic Company

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Object Details

maker

Burrow-Giles Lith. Company

Description (Brief)

Colored print of a 19th Century schoolroom scene. The schoolmaster is asleep at his desk while the students are engaged in a variety of misdeeds: fighting with each other, turning the clock ahead, drawing a caricature of the teacher, etc.

The lithograph was produced circa 1870 by Burrow-Giles Lithography Company in New York. The company is most noted as the defendant in a noted 1874 Supreme Court case, Burrow-Giles Lithographic Company v. Napoleon Sarony, concerning photographic copyright..

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection

date made

ca 1870

ID Number

DL.60.2423

catalog number

60.2423

accession number

228146

Object Name

chromolithograph

Object Type

Chromolithograph

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

ink (overall material)

Measurements

image: 11 1/2 in x 18 1/2 in; 29.21 cm x 46.99 cm

overall: 13 in x 20 in; 33.02 cm x 50.8 cm

place made

United States: New York, New York City

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Education

Communication, newspapers

Children

Furnishings

Comic prints

Architecture, Educational Buildings

Clocks

Holidays and Celebrations, general

Games

Heating

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-241a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_324744