Distribution of the American Art-Union Prizes

1847

Davignon, Artist Tompkins H. Matteson, Artist Sarony, Major and Knapp Lithographers, Printer John P. Ridner, Publisher

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About the Artwork

Title Distribution of the American Art-Union Prizes

Artwork Date 1847

Makers Davignon (Artist) American Tompkins H. Matteson (Artist) American, 1813-1884 Sarony, Major and Knapp Lithographers (Printer) American John P. Ridner (Publisher) American

Medium Lithograph printed in color on wove paper

Dimensions Image: 16 × 20 3/4 inches (40.6 × 52.7 cm) Sheet: 19 5/8 × 24 5/8 inches (49.8 × 62.5 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Fleischman

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 57.115

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Inscriptions Inscribed, in margin, lower center: DISTRIBUTION OF THE AMERICAN ART-UNION PRIZES, | AT THE TABERNACLE-BROADWAY, NEW YORK; 24th. DEC. 1847. | Published by John P. Ridner, 497, Broadway, Art-Union Building, New York Inscribed, on stone, lower left: T.H. Matteson Del. Drawn on stone by Davignon. Inscribed, lower center: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1848 by John P. Ridner in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York Inscribed, lower right: Lith. of Sarony & Major 117 Fulton St. N.Y. Inscribed, in pencil, lower left corner: (8)

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Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Fleischman;
1957-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Bulletin of the DIA 37, 3 (1957-58): p. 65 (ill.).

Early American Prints. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1957, no. 147.

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Davignon; after Tompkins H. Matteson, Distribution of the American Art-Union Prizes, 1847, lithograph printed in color on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Fleischman, 57.115.