New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Portsmouth Orphan Asylum, Virginia

Artist L. A. Ramm

Publisher Richie & Dunnavant (American)

CultureAmerican

Date1856

MediumLithograph

DimensionsOverall: 8 7/8 x 5 5/8 in. (22.5 x 14.3 cm)
Overall, Mat: 14 x 12 in. (35.6 x 30.5 cm)

Inscribed"Del. & Lith. by L. A. Ramm Lith. Richie & Dunnavant, Richmond, Va." Memo on back of print: "Richie and Dunnavant-Rd. 1852-1856/Richie (Wm.F.) and Dunnavant (Wm.M) seven views in John T. Moorman's "Virginia Springs"-16 mo., Rd. 1854;frontispiece view of Portsmouth Orphan Asylum 8 vo., 1856".

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Louis I. Jaffe

Object number51.17.13

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DescriptionTan colored lithograph of a stone building with a running fountain in the front. Men, women & children are walking on a sidewalk before the building and a fence. New mat August 24, 1945. Bottom sheet shows signs of having been taken from a book.

Published ReferencesHarry T. Peters, AMERICAN STONE, 1931, mention of print.