Eclipse Barge Club

Object number86.1.6 a,b

Date1860

MediumLithograph; Paper; Wood; Paint

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Robert Milligan

DescriptionColor lithograph on paper. Oval portraits of each member of the Eclipse Barge Club. It includes twenty-six (26) members with their names printed below their portrait. Image of a man holding an oar on either side of the print at center. In the middle, is a scene with a few boats in a body of water and men paddling the boats with trees and tents in the background. Signed just right of center. The name of the printing company is left of center.Dimensions26.5 x 36.5 in. (67.3 x 92.7 cm)
SignedSigned on the botton just right of center "Fabronius".
Historical NotesDonated by Mrs. Robert Milligan in 1921.Label TextIn 1860 the Eclipse Barge Club commissioned a lithograph of club members and their boat “Albatross.” Members were mainly young, middle-class professionals, and included attorney Wilson McCandless, jeweler J.B. McFadden, and Benjamin Bakewell of Bakewell Pears & Co. glass manufacturers.

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