Return to Palmer Collection home page
Skip
to main content
More Information
Bethlehem
Artist
George Lehman
(American, c. 1800 - 1870)
Publisher
C. G. Childs & R. H. Hobson
Portfolio/SeriesO'Connor/Yeager Collection
Datec. 1830
MediumAquatint and etching with hand coloring; 1st of 2 states
DimensionsSheet: 17 1/16 x 22 in. (43.3 x 55.9 cm)
Credit LinePartial gift and purchase from John C. O'Connor and Ralph M. Yeager
Object number86.399
Collections
ClassificationsWork on Paper
Object NameAcquatint & Etching
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureNorth American
NationalityAmerican
On View
Not on viewCentury
- Nineteenth
Inscribedbottom margin center: George Lehman, Fecit. Bethlehem. Pub. by C.G. Childs, & R.H. Hobson, Philada. 1830.; bottom right margin: C.G. Childs Lithr.
Exhibition HistoryPennsylvania Scenery: Early Landscape Prints from the Tavern Collection, Palmer Museum of Art, January 31 - May 1, 2021, and Virtual Exhibition, https://exhibitions.psu.edu/s/pa-scenery/page/introduction; From Your Town to Ours: Pennsylvania Prints from the O'Connor-Yeager Collection Revisited, Palmer Museum of Art, June 4 - August 11, 2013.ProvenanceRalph M. Yeager and John C. O'ConnorPublished ReferencesReps, J.W., View and Viewmakers of Urban America, Columbia, 1984, p. 464, no. 3329.