Landscape
Bass Otis
(American, 1784–1861)
1819
Medium/TechniqueLithograph
Credit LineTaken from duplicate volumes in the Print Department
Accession numberM20519
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This modest print of a small cottage by what seems to be a gentle mill pond is in all likelihood the very first lithograph made in the United States.
InscriptionsIn stone, below image: Bass Otis LithographicProvenancePDP Register entry: Date acquired, No date given. Taken from duplicate volumes in the Print DepartmentOtis Philbrick