Diligent Fire Engine
Wagner & McGuigan, Philadelphia
G. G. Heiss, German, 1684 - 1740
about 1855
Hand colored lithograph on wove paper
Sheet: 14 × 18 1/2 in. (35.6 × 47 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
PR.951.83
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Printed, lower left: On Stone by G.G. Heiss, 213 N. 2nd St. above Vine; lower right: Wagner & McGuigan Lith. 4, Franklin Place Philad.a
Exhibition History
Boats, Trains and Things, Barrows Print Room, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 5-December 6, 1972.
Provenance
The Old Print Shop, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 1951.
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