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The National Lancers with the Reviewing Officers on Boston Common.
The National Lancers on the Boston Common; The National Lancers with Reviewing Officers on Boston Common; The National Lancers with the Reviewing Officers at Boston Common
1837 Lithograph in colors 14 11/16 x 20 1/4 in. (37.2 x 51.4 cm) Sheet: 18 11/16 x 22 7/8 in. (47.5 x 58.1 cm)
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Historical Materials
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top]1838
The Bostonian Society (1985.0003.001)
Filed under: Savory, Thomas C. »
top] The "new" State House is located across from the Boston Common on the top of Beacon Hill, and serves as the Massachusetts state capital. The land was once owned by Massachusetts's first elected governor, John Hancock. Charles Bullfinch was the architect of the building, which was completed in 1798.
The dome was originally roofed with wood shingles, which leaked. In 1802 it was covered with copper by Paul Revere's Revere Copper Company. The dome was first painted gray and then light yellow before being gilded with gold leaf in 1874.
lithograph
1832
"Salmon pinxt" at lower left; "Pendleton, Boston" at lower right
Also filed under: Pendleton's, Lith. – Boston » // Salmon, Robert »
Lithograph
Published by N. Currier, New York
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002698122
Also filed under: Currier (& Ives) – New York »
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English-born Thomas Moore was the successor to William S. Pendleton's lithography shop in 1836. Prior to this changing of hands, Moore worked in Pendleton's shop for years as a clerk and bookkeeper. During his four years (1836-40) at Pendleton's 204 Washington Street address, he had under his employ many famous artists, including F.H. Lane, Robert Cooke, and Benjamin Champney. Moore's Lithography printed the usual variety of work, including portraits, town views, public institutions, maps, plans, certificates, cards, etc. In 1840, Moore sold his Boston shop to B. W. Thayer, ending his lithographic career in Boston.
This information has been summarized from Boston Lithography 1825-1880 by Sally Pierce and Catharina Slautterback.
T. Moore's Lithography, Boston
12 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.
20 x 16 3/4 in (Framed)
Cape Ann Museum, Museum Purchase (2014.089.2)
Also filed under: Cod / Cod Fishing » // Johnston, David Claypoole » // Sheet Music by other artists »
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Published References
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Boston Athenaeum (inv. 511)
Boston Athenaeum (inv. 512)
The Bostonian Society (inv. 750)
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Library of Congress (inv. 543)
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Massachusetts Historical Society (inv. 603)
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (inv. 526)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (inv. 527)
The New York Public Library (inv. 497)
Yale University Art Gallery (inv. 407)
Commentary
In 1836, the Massachusetts Legislature established the National Lancers to escort and protect the Governor of the Commonwealth. Now headquartered in Framingham, this volunteer cavalry troop still exists today, a ceremonial component of the Massachusetts Organized Militia and a search and rescue unit.
In 1836, the governor of Massachusetts commissioned Charles Hubbard to produce the military standard held aloft in the parade depicted in this hand-colored lithograph. Hubbard also made a painting of the event from which Lane made this print. The governor and his entourage on the left review the parade; members of the public are scattered in the middle and on the far left. The coloring was applied by hand at the time the print was published. At least one impression of the lithograph was over-painted in oil. In 1837, the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association recognized Lane for his lithographic drawings done in connection with this print and Thomas Moore for his printing.
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