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Clear the Track!

Samuel Sartain, Christian Schussele, Art Union of Philadelphia, James Irwin

Clear the Track!

1853

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Samuel Sartain, Christian Schussele, Art Union of Philadelphia, James Irwin

Clear the Track!

1853

Physical Qualities Mezzotint, roulette, mattoir, and etching, Sheet: 787 x 596 mm. (78.7 x 59.6 cm.) Image: 586 x 465 mm. (58.6 x 46.5 cm.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1984.81.436
Blind stamp for the Art Union BC, below image: female figure with vases. Same as 1984.81.2557 and 1984.81.2829-2834. W.S.B. No. 9.
James L. Claghorn, sold to T. Harrison Garrett, 1885
Baker, William S., American Engravers and their Works, Philadelphia: Gebbie & Barrie, 1875, p. 155 no. 9.

Signed: 1

Inscribed: RECTO: In plate, LL below image: 'PAINTED BY C. SCHUESSELE, PHIL.A 1852.'; in plate, LR below image: 'ENGRAVED BY SAMUEL SARTAIN. PHIL.A 1854.'; in plate, Lower C: 'CLEAR THE TRACK! / ENGRAVED FOR PRESENTATION TO THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE ART UNION OF PHILA FOR 1854. / From the Original Picture in the Possession of James L. Claghorn Esq.r Philad.a / Entered according to act of Congress by J.L. Claghorn in the year 1854 in the Clerks office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.'; in plate, LR: 'Printed by Ja.s Irwin'; LL (pencil): 'W.S.B. no9'; BC (pencil): 'Schuessele, Christian, 1824-1879'; LR (pencil): 'W[illeg.]155'; BR (pencil): 'Saml Sartain'. VERSO: LL (stamped in blue ink): 'THG' in oval, and (stamped in red ink): 'JL' inside 'C' inside 'INSPERATA FLORUIT'.

Artist

Samuel Sartain

American, 1830-1906
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Artist

Christian Schussele

American, born France, 1824-1879
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Publisher

Art Union of Philadelphia

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Printer

James Irwin

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