R. N. Rice, 19th century

  • Calvert Lithographing Co., American, founded 1863
  • Charles Wardlow Norton, American, 1848-1901

Lithograph in color on wove paper

  • Image: 17 × 28 3/4 inches (43.2 × 73 cm) Sheet: 20 1/2 × 32 1/4 inches (52.1 × 81.9 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, Charles L. Freer Fund

56.142

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Inscribed, on stone, lower left: THE CALVERT LITH. CO. DETROIT, MICH, Inscribed, lower right: C.W. NORTON, DEL. Inscribed, lower left margin: THE SHORTEST & CHEAPEST ROUTE, Inscribed, lower center margin: Daily Between | CLEVELAND & DETROIT (only the upper portion of the last line is visible; any further inscriptions lost when sheet was trimmed) Inscribed, lower right margin: SECURE TICKETS & COMFORT VIA THIS LINE.

(Robert K. Newman)

1956-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Charles Wardlow Norton, R. N. Rice, 19th century, lithograph in color on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Charles L. Freer Fund, 56.142.