Capitol of Michigan, Lansing

ca. 1872

Calvert Lithographing Co., Artist Calvert Lithographing Co., Printer Mason Publishing Association, Publisher

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About the Artwork

Title Capitol of Michigan, Lansing

Artwork Date ca. 1872

Makers Calvert Lithographing Co. (Artist) American, founded 1863 Calvert Lithographing Co. (Printer) American, founded 1863 Mason Publishing Association (Publisher)

Medium Lithograph printed in color ink on wove paper

Dimensions Image: 14 5/8 × 19 5/8 inches (37.1 × 49.8 cm) Sheet: 17 3/8 × 22 1/2 inches (44.1 × 57.2 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Founders Society Purchase, Elliott T. Slocum Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 63.5

Markings

Inscriptions Inscribed, on stone, lower center: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1872 by E.E. Myers in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Wasington. | CAPITOL OF MICHIGAN | LANSING Inscribed, lower left: H.P. BALDWIN. | Chairman ex Officio. | E.O. GROSVENOR, | JAMES SHEARER, | ALEX. CHAPOTON, | to the right of these names: COMMISSIONERS. Inscribed, lower left edge: Published by the Mason Publishing Association of Mason, Mich. Inscribed, lower right: E.E. MYERS, Architect.| dimensions of the building are listed Inscribed, lower right edge: Calvert Lithg & Engr. & Co. at Detroit, Mich.

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1963-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Michigan Art Yesterday and Today. Exh. cat., Flint Institute of Arts. Flint, 1963., no. 3.

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Calvert Lithographing Co., Capitol of Michigan, Lansing, ca. 1872, lithograph printed in color ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Elliott T. Slocum Fund, 63.5.