About the Artwork
R. N. Rice
19th century
Charles Wardlow Norton (Artist) American, 1848-1901 Calvert Lithographing Co. (Printer) American, founded 1863
Lithograph in color on wove paper
Image: 17 × 28 3/4 inches (43.2 × 73 cm) Sheet: 20 1/2 × 32 1/4 inches (52.1 × 81.9 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Founders Society Purchase, Charles L. Freer Fund
56.142
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, on stone, lower left: THE CALVERT LITH. CO. DETROIT, MICH, Inscribed, lower right: C.W. NORTON, DEL. Inscribed, lower left margin: THE SHORTEST & CHEAPEST ROUTE, Inscribed, lower center margin: Daily Between | CLEVELAND & DETROIT (only the upper portion of the last line is visible; any further inscriptions lost when sheet was trimmed) Inscribed, lower right margin: SECURE TICKETS & COMFORT VIA THIS LINE.
Provenance
(Robert K. Newman)
1956-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Charles Wardlow Norton, R. N. Rice, 19th century, lithograph in color on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Charles L. Freer Fund, 56.142.
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