Views of Iranistan Residence, Bridgeport, CT
PrintmakerEngraved by
Unknown
PrintmakerEngraved by
Charles Washington Wright
American, 1824 - 1869
After a work byAfter a daguerreotype by
Lewis & Mallory
1857 - 1858
PublisherPublished by
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
American
Date1858
MediumWood engraving; printer's ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 6 7/16 x 9 1/4in. (16.4 x 23.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 15 1/2 x 11in. (39.4 x 27.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 15 1/2 x 11in. (39.4 x 27.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionTwo images of Iranistan on a single sheet, surrounded by extensive letterpress text. The upper image shows the huge moorish style mansion with five onion domes and numerous finials. Men and women walk on the grassy lawns around a large fountain. An iron fence and two leafless trees are in the foreground. In the lower image, three men stand looking at the ruins of the house. A stairway is surrounded by rubble and two chimney stacks. An empty urn stands on the lawn in the foreground.
Object number1991.174.2
InscribedOn recto, upper center, above image, printed in black ink, "FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER"; beneath upper image, printed in black ink, "'IRANISTAN,' BRIDGEPORT, CT., THE RESIDENCE OF P. T. BARNUM."; beneath lower image, printed in black ink, "RUINS OF 'IRANISTAN,' BRIDGEPORT, CT., LATE THE RESIDENCE OF P. T. BARNUM. FROM A DAGUERREOTYPE BY LEWIS & MALLORY, OF BRIDGEPORT."On View
Not on view
