Object Details
- Description
- This colored print depicts a teacher named John Pounds repairing a shoe and listening to a boy standing next to him reading aloud from a book. Many other children line the schoolroom. Bird cages, shoe forms, books, shoes, boots, and a stack of slates decorate the wall. Two birds sit on the shelf and a cat stands by Pounds' feet. John Pounds (1766-1839) taught impoverished children in Portsmouth, England. His innovative teaching methods and philanthropic aims have been celebrated in publications, paintings, and memorials in his honor.
- This print was created by William Sharp (artist) and produced by the lithographic firm of Bouve and Sharp. William Sharp (1803-1875) was an English-born lithographer and painter who arrived in Boston, Massachusetts around 1839-1840. He was credited with introducing chromolithography to America after his arrival. Sharp worked with the lithographer Francis Michelin (1809/10-1878) and with lithographer and engraver Ephraim Bouve (1817-1897) from 1843-44. He established his own business in New York in 1844. Ephraim W. Bouve (1817-1897) was a lithographer and engraver. The firm of Bouve and Sharp produced city scenes, book illustrations and portraits.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- depicted
- Pounds, John
- lithographer
- Bouve & Sharp
- artist
- Sharp, William
- date made
- 1843-1844
- Credit Line
- Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
- Physical Description
- ink (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- image: 14 in x 12 in; 35.56 cm x 30.48 cm
- Object Name
- lithograph
- Object Type
- Lithograph
