Richard Rummell
Richard W. Rummell (1848–1924) was a landscape artist and illustrator in the United States. His work includes bird's eye views of college campuses[1] and futurist cityscapes.[2]
The Smithsonian has a lithograph of Princeton University by Rummell.[3]
History
[edit]He was commissioned be W. T. Littig & Company around 1900 for a series watercolors depictions of American colleges and universities. The panorama views are from an altitude of about 300 feet. His paintings were engraved on copper plates and sold in limited editions. In 1910 some sepia colored versions were produced.[4] One of the W. T. Littig & Company's advertisements is extant.[5]
In the 1960s, artist Paul Victorius purchased the engraved copper plates and made hand-colored drawing from them with watercolors. He sold them through alumni offices.[4]
Work
[edit]He produced views of colleges and universities including:
- Brown University
- Bucknell University
- Dickinson College
- Harvard University
- University of Illinois
- Princeton University
- Smith College
- Vassar College
- University of Virginia
- Yale University
His other depictions include:
- Mercersburg Academy
- Panama Canal
- "New York of the Future"[6]
- "Bird's Eye View of New York City" (1896)[7]
Gallery
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Brown University -
Lower Manhattan -
Princeton University (sepia)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Potts, David B. (March 30, 1999). Wesleyan University, 1831–1910: Collegiate Enterprise in New England. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 978-0-8195-6360-6 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Rummell, Richard W.: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps". www.geographicus.com.
- ^ "Richard Rummell | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu.
- ^ a b "Richard Rummell photogravures, 1906". researchworks.oclc.org.
- ^ "W.T. Littig & Company Advertisement, October 1911". KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA.
- ^ González, Robert Alexander (September 30, 2023). Designing Pan-America: U.S. Architectural Visions for the Western Hemisphere. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-78494-9 – via Google Books.
- ^ Brooker, Peter; Thacker, Andrew (May 7, 2007). Geographies of Modernism. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-32911-3 – via Google Books.
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