Object Details
- publisher
- Gleason, Frederick
- Description (Brief)
- Colored print of Christopher Columbus standing in a rowboat that is moored near the shoreline. He holds a flag in his left hand, and a hat in his up-raised right hand. Various other figures are standing and/or kneeling around him. A sailing ship is anchored in the waters in the background.
- This print was produced by Frederick Gleason (1814-1896). a lithographer and publisher in Boston, Massachusetts. Born in September 1814 in Germany, Gleason moved to the United States in October 1836, and began his career as a bookbinder. He became a citizen in June 1840. He is best known for establishing the popular illustrated weekly Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion in 1851, modelled on the Illustrated London News. At the time an innovation in American publishing, it brought him considerable success. After the Pictorial, Gleason published Gleason's Literary Companion from 1860–70; Gleason's Home Circle from 1871–90; and Gleason's Monthly Companion from 1872–87. He was married a second time after his first wife died, and he died November 6, 1896 in Boston.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
- ca 1875
- ID Number
- DL.60.2538
- catalog number
- 60.2538
- accession number
- 228146
- Object Name
- lithograph
- Object Type
- Lithograph
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- image: 8 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in; 21.59 cm x 29.21 cm
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Boston
- Related Publication
- Peters, Harry T.. America on Stone
- Marzio, Peter. The Democratic Art
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Art
- Peters Prints
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Colonial Life
- Exploration and Discovery
- Costume
- Patriotism and Patriotic Symbols
- related event
- Columbus "Discovering " America
- Record ID
- nmah_324866
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-2f2c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
