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James West, Glass Painter & Stainer (trade card)

Subject James West American
ca. 1843
Not on view
This trade card for a New York maker of stained and painted glass depicts a Gothic style church with a window depicting St. Andrew holding his cross. Text below gives the maker's name and address while text listing premiums awarded to the firm appears on a plaque at left. At right the sea and a lighthouse are shown and trees, a town and distant mountain appear at left.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: James West, Glass Painter & Stainer (trade card)
  • Subject: James West (American, active 1840s)
  • Published in: New York
  • Date: ca. 1843
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: 3 1/8 × 4 1/2 in. (8 × 11.4 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
  • Credit Line: The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954
  • Object Number: 54.90.1622
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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