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Distributed for the American Antiquarian Society
Founded in 1812 in Worcester, Massachusetts, the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) is an independent
research library whose collections document the life of Americans from the colonial era through the Civil War and
Reconstruction. Its collections include books, periodicals, pamphlets, newspapers, music, and local histories.
With a French Accent
American Lithography to 1860
edited by Georgia B. Barnhill
With a French Accent: American Lithography to 1860 from the
American Antiquarian Society explores the impact of French lithography
and lithographic practices on American visual culture through
five essays from Georgia B. Barnhill, Lauren B. Hewes, Catherine
Wilcox-Titus, Marie-Stéphanie Delamaire, and Helena E. Wright.
This work combines well-informed essays and a great number of
striking images to provide a fascinating look at the history of France’s
influence on American lithography.
The five scholars contributing
essays to this book took
on divergent subject matter,
giving the reader windows
into several different areas of
Franco-American lithography.
It begins with Barnhill’s
examination of the variations in
quality among early American
lithographs and the work of
several academically-trained
French lithographic artists
working in American cities. Then, Hewes discusses the circulation of French imagery in
the United States, which Wilcox-Titus follows with a case study on portraits of Napoleon
and Lafayette and their popularity in American culture. Next, Delamaire considers how
the American paintings reproduced by Goupil, Vibert and Company led to a transatlantic cultural exchange. Finally, Wright
provides thoughts on the afterlife of French lithographs in American culture
and the collection and use of French lithographs in the Smithsonian National
Museum of American History.
Illustrated with many black-and-white
and color reproductions, this publication
is an excellent resource for the study of
American prints and the French influence
on the development of early lithography in
the United States.
2012, paperback, 8.5 x 11 inches
100 pages, ISBN 9781929545674
Order No. 109010, $25.00
Available online at www.oakknoll.com/fall2012