Huntingdon, Pa.

Item

Title

Huntingdon, Pa.

Creator

Maurice H. Traubel
American, b. Germany, 1822–1899
After William Wallace Denslow
American, 1856–1915
Published by C. J. Corbin & Co., Philadelphia

Date

1878

Materials

Color lithograph

Measurements

21-1/8 x 30 in. (53.7 x 76.2 cm)

Description

Like many of the municipal views of the period, this depiction of Huntingdon is surrounded by a number of vignettes featuring some of the town’s more significant structures, mostly churches, businesses, and private residences. The idea not only provided an attractive boarder for the larger panel, it allowed the publisher, in this instance, C. J. Corbin, to solicit additional fees from the buildings’ owners for the promise of affording them special prominence.

Source

Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, partial gift and purchase from John C. O’Connor and Ralph M. Yeager.

Identifier

86.469

Rights

This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. Other uses are not permitted.