Philadelphia Printmaking: American Prints before 1860

West Chester, PA: The Tinicum Press, 1977. Hardcover. VG- (foxing to block, pages are otherwise clear and clean.). Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, 175 pp. 100 illustrations, drawings, charts and caricatures. Compilation of papers presented at a conference addressing printmaking and graphic art. Planned by Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Library Company of Philadelphia, The Historical Society of Pennsylvania and The Free Library of Philadelphia. Includes essays "The First Philadelphia Printsellers", by Sinclair H. Hitchings; "American Drawing Books", by Peter C. Marzio; "Mathew Clark's Charts", by Beatrice B. Garvan; "The Birth of Political Caricature", by E. P. Richardson; "William Charles and His War of 1812 Caricatures", by Lorraine Dwelling Lanmon; "Liveliness: A Quality in Prints of Philadelphia", by Martin P. Snyder; "Thomas Doughty, Printmaker", Robert F. Looney; "John Plumbe and The 'Plumbeotype'", by Alan Fern. (Inventory #: 25846)