About The Art:
Schussele, the first professor in drawing and painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, was chiefly a genre, history painter and portrait painter, yet his subject matter occasionally reflected Philadelphia’s scientific tradition, as in this watercolor. One of the earliest American submarine illustrations, this picture was executed expressly for lithographic reproduction in a pamphlet of the same title published in Philadelphia in 1859. James M. Sommerville (1825 - 1899), a physician, amateur naturalist, member of the Academy of Natural Sciences, as well as an artist and a trustee of the Pennsylvania Academy, was probably the designer of the watercolor. He collected the specimens, wrote the text of the pamphlet and lithographed the image.
Make any room look more sophisticated by displaying this framed poster with a smooth, white mat board. It’s printed on a quality matte paper and framed with a semi-hardwood alder frame.
Title: Ocean Life
Artist: James M. Sommerville (1825–1899)
Artist: Christian Schussele (American (born France), Guebwiller, Haut-Rhin 1824–1879 Merchantville, New Jersey)
Culture: American
About The Print:
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 5.57 oz/y² (189 g/m²)
• Ayous wood frame
• Acrylite front protector
• White mat board
• Hanging hardware included
• 21×30cm posters are size A4
Schussele, the first professor in drawing and painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, was chiefly a genre, history painter and portrait painter, yet his subject matter occasionally reflected Philadelphia’s scientific tradition, as in this watercolor. One of the earliest American submarine illustrations, this picture was executed expressly for lithographic reproduction in a pamphlet of the same title published in Philadelphia in 1859. James M. Sommerville (1825 - 1899), a physician, amateur naturalist, member of the Academy of Natural Sciences, as well as an artist and a trustee of the Pennsylvania Academy, was probably the designer of the watercolor. He collected the specimens, wrote the text of the pamphlet and lithographed the image.
Make any room look more sophisticated by displaying this framed poster with a smooth, white mat board. It’s printed on a quality matte paper and framed with a semi-hardwood alder frame.
Title: Ocean Life
Artist: James M. Sommerville (1825–1899)
Artist: Christian Schussele (American (born France), Guebwiller, Haut-Rhin 1824–1879 Merchantville, New Jersey)
Culture: American
About The Print:
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 5.57 oz/y² (189 g/m²)
• Ayous wood frame
• Acrylite front protector
• White mat board
• Hanging hardware included
• 21×30cm posters are size A4