To the Washington Light Infantry of Washington City, 1839

Not on View

Medium

hand-colored lithograph on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 28.58 × 22.86 cm (11 1/4 × 9 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Mary E. Maxwell Fund)

Accession Number

2015.19.800

Artists / Makers

Alfred Hoffy (artist) American, 1796 - 1872

Peter S. Duval (printer) American, 1805 - 1886

Huddy & Duval (publisher)

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right corner in graphite: as is / 20-

Text at bottom on stone:
U.S. Military Magazine / Pl. 15. Vol. 1. / On Stone by A. Hoffy / P.S. Duval Lithr, Phila. / To the Washington Light Infantry of Washington City, / This plate is most respectfully dedicated / By Huddy & Duval / Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1839, by Huddy & Duval, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Penna

Provenance

(The Old Print Shop, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1953; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
The Old Print Shop

Exhibition History

1963: Progress of An American Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1963

Bibliography

1839: U.S. Military Magazine 1 (August 1839): pl. 15.