Artist

Cranston Print Works Company

132130

Works

Painter

Style

Cranston’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Selected works

132130 pieces

Samuel Slater, The Father of American Manufacturers (Handkerchief)

Engraved by James Provan & Son's (American, active 1890s) after a portrait by James Sullivan Lincoln (American, 1811–1888) Manufactured by Cranston Print Works Co. (American, active 1890) United States, Rhode Island, Cranston

Panel (Furnishing Fabric)

Printed at Bannister Hall Print Works (English, active 1799-1840) Preston, Lancashire, England

Panel (Furnishing Fabric)

Printed at Bannister Hall Print Works (English, active 1799-1840) Preston, Lancashire, England

Panel

Printed at Bannister Hall Print Works (English, active 1799-1840) Preston, Lancashire, England

Fragment (Furnishing Fabric)

Manufactured by the American Print Works (American, founded 1876) United States, Massachusetts, Fall River

Plum Trees and Pheasants (Furnishing Fabric)

Printed at Bannister Hall Print Works (English, 1798-1893) England, Lancashire, Preston

Bedcover

Manufactured by Bannister Hall Print Works England, Lancashire or Carlisle

Panel (Furnishing Fabric)

Printed and Manufactured by Lancaster Prints England, Lancashire, Lancaster

Panel (Furnishing Fabric)

Probably Manufactured by Bromley Hall Print Works (English, 1694-1823) England, Middlesex

Fragment (Furnishing Fabric)

Designed by J.J. Pearman (English, active c. 1900-1925) Manufactured by Bannister Hall Print Works (English, 1798-1893) England

Panel

Probably produced by G.P. & J. Baker Ltd. (founded after 1850) Printed at Swaisland Print Works (Acquired by G. P. & J. Baker after 1893) For Liberty & Co. (founded 1875) England, Crayford

Handkerchief

Manufactured by Boston Chemical Printing Company United States

An Elegant Company

Pieter Codde (Dutch, 1599-1678)

Cranston Richie

Ralph Eugene Meatyard, (American, 1925–1972) Printed by Conrad J. Pressma, (American, born 1944), Director of the Center for Photographic Studies, under the supervision of Madelyn Meatyard, the artist's widow.

Cranston Ritchie with Pitcher

Ralph Eugene Meatyard American, 1925–1972

Siamese Ballet

Designed by Edward Daly Brown (American, active c. 1950–1955) Produced by Schiffer Prints Division, Mil-Art Company, Inc. United States, New York, New York

Royal Flemish Vase

Mount Washington Glass Company (American, 1837–1958) New Bedford, Massachusetts

Peasants Going to Work

Jean François Millet (French, 1814-1875) printed by Auguste Delâtre (French, 1822-1907)

Punch Bowl

Chased by Eugene J. Soligny (American, c. 1833–1901) Tiffany and Company (American, founded 1837) New York