The House that Jeff Built
David Claypoole Johnston, American, 1799 - 1865
1863
Etching, engraving, and roulette on wove paper
Overall: 11 5/16 × 15 1/4 in. (28.7 × 38.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
PR.973.51
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, lower center: Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1863 by D.C. Johnston in the Clerks office of the District Court of Massachusetts
Exhibition History
American Intellectual and Cultural History Through the Civil War, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, History 30, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 10-September 6, 1992.
Nineteeth Century American Prints, Carpenter Galleries, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 25-June 22, 1977.
No Laughing Matter: Visual Humor in Ideas of Race, Nationality, and Ethnicity, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in conjunction with the Humanities Institute, Leslie Center for the Humanities, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 6-December 9, 2007.
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