WALL, Bernhardt. Following Stephen F. Austin: Father of Texas. Lime Rock, [1936]. 44 etchings, 38 signed by Wall. Mostly green and black inks. 23 x 20 cm. (9-1/16 x 8 inches), heavy wove paper. Original three-quarter red morocco over grey leather, gilt-ruled and with gilt-lettering on spine and upper cover. Preserved in maroon buckram slipcase.
Limited edition (100 copies). Weber, p. 43: "The plates for this book were engraved at Houston. It was dedicated to Dr. Eugene C. Barker, the biographer of Austin... This book was actually printed in Texas. There was also a 'Centennial Edition' of 200 copies." 70000072
Plate list:
FOLLOWING STEPHEN F. AUSTIN FATHER OF TEXAS... [title with vignette]. Forest green. 12.5 x 10 cm.
STEPHEN FULLER AUSTIN FATHER OF TEXAS... | Wall 1936 [bust portrait]. Greenish black. Signed. 12.5 x 10 cm.
COPYRIGHT 1936 BY BERNHARDT WALL [illustrated copyright notice]. Forest green. 7.5 x 5 cm.
TO Dr. EUGENE C. BARKER THE BIOGRAPHER OF STEPHEN F. AUSTIN... [dedication leaf illustrated with Lone Star]. Forest green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
NOTES In this pictorial biography, one may be able to follow the "Father of Texas" from his early childhood to the grave. To ferret out these pictures was like romance. To etch them into coppper was a series of adventures... [text]. Olive. 12.5 x 10 cm.
rary, New Orleans... [illustrated text with Wall's facsimile signature]. Olive. 12.5 x 10 cm.
Home of Elias Austin Durham, Conn... | Wall 1936 [illustration]. Black. Signed. 10 x 12.5 cm.
Bacon Academy, Colchester, Conn... | Wall 1936 [illustration]. Greenish black. Signed. 10 x 12.5 cm.
Main Building, Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky... | Wall 1936 [illustration]. Greenish black. Signed. 10 x 12.5 cm.
BARON DE BASTROP AND MOSES AUSTIN At San Antonio, Texas... | Wall 1936 [illustration]. Greenish black. Signed. 12.5 x 10 cm.
Durham Hall, the home of Moses Austin at Potosi, Missouri... | Wall 1936 [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 10 x 12.5 cm.
The Tomb of Moses Austin, Potosi, Mo... | Wall 1936 [illustration]. Greenish black. Signed. 10 x 12.5 cm.
Charles Sanguinette house, where Stephen F. Austin sat in the Missouri Territorial Legislature... | Wall 1936 [illustration]. Greenish black. Signed. 10 x 12.5 cm.
Pierre Chouteau, Sr., home... | Wall 1936 [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 10 x 12.5 cm.
Old Stone Fort, Nacogdoches, Texas... | Wall 1936 [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 10 x 12.5 cm.
The Mexican Governor's Palace, San Antonio, Texas... | Wall 1936 [illustration]. Greenish black. Signed. 10 x 12.5 cm.
San Juan de Capistrano Mission near San Antonio, Texas... | Wall 1936 [illustration]. Forest green. Signed. 10 x 12.5 cm.
Stephen F. Austin was at La Bahia, Goliad, Texas... | Wall 1936 [illustration]. Greenish black. Signed. 10 x 12.5 cm.
The shaded portion is the area of Austin's first colony of 1821... | Wall 1936 [map]. Brown. Signed. 12.5 x 10 cm.
Residence of Stephen F. Austin at San Felipe de Austin This is the first Anglo-American Capitol of Texas... | Wall 1936 [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 10 x 12.5 cm.
Austin left Matamoras by boat June 1, 1833... | Wall 1936 [map]. Forest green. Signed. 12.5 x 10 cm.
The National Palace, City of Mexico... | Wall 1936 [illustration]. Greenish black. Signed. 10 x 12.5 cm.
La Parroquia, San Juan del Rio, Mexico... | Wall 1936 [illustration]. Greenish black. Signed. 12.5 x 10 cm.
Church of Santa Cruz, Queretaro, Mexico... | Wall 1936 [illustration]. Dark Forest green. Signed. 12.5 x 10 cm.
San Francisco, Celaya, Mexico... | Wall 1936 [illustration]. Dark forest green. Signed. 12.5 x 10 cm.
The Convent of the Augustines, Salamanca, Mexico... | Wall 1936 [illustration]. Greenish black. Signed. 10 x 12.5 cm.
School of Medicine, formerly the Prison of the Inquisition... | Wall 1936 [illustration]. Greenish black. Signed. 10 x 12.5 cm.
At Mission Concepcion, near San Antonio... | Wall 1936 [illustration]. Brownish black. Signed. 10 x 12.5 cm.
American (Park Street) Theatre, where a benefit was played for the Texan Commissioners... | Wall 1936 [illustration]. Greenish black. Signed. 10 x 12.5 cm.
The Capitol, Washington, D.C... | Wall 1935 [illustration]. Dark forest green. Signed. 10 x 12.5 cm.
Stephen F. Austin tried to obtain a loan for $500,000 for Texas... | Wall 1936 [illustration]. Greenish black. Signed. 10 x 12.5 cm.
The American Hotel, Barclay & Broadway, New York City... | Wall 1936 [illustration]. Brownish black. Signed. 12.5 x 10 cm.
On May 2, 1836, Stephen F. Austin attended a pro-Texan meeting in Independence Hall, Phila... | Wall 1936 [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 12.5 x 10 cm.
The Capitol of The Republic of Texas, at Columbia... | Wall 1936 [illustration]. Dark Forest green. Signed. 10 x 12.5 cm.
The Powderhorn and Tomahawk belonging to, and used, by Stephen F. Austin... | Wall 1936 [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 12.5 x 10 cm.
Pillars of Gate at the Peach Point Estate... | Wall 1936 [illustration]. Greenish black. Signed. 10 x 12.5 cm.
The Peach Point Home, Brazoria County, Texas... | Wall 1936 [illustration]. Greenish black. Signed. 10 x 12.5 cm.
Orozimba, home of Dr. James A. E. Phelps, near Columbia, Texas... | Wall 1936 [illustration]. Greenish black. Signed. 12.5 x 10 cm.
President Sam Houston proclaimed on Dec. 27, 1836: "The Father of Texas is no more...On the Str. "Yellowstone" was borne the body to Peach Point... | Wall 1936 [illustration]. Greenish black. Signed. 10 x 12.5 cm.
Original Tomb of Stephen F. Austin Peach Point, Brazoria County, Texas... | Wall 1936 [illustration]. Greenish black. Signed. 12.5 x 10 cm.
The Cradle of Westward Expansion thru Texas to the Pacific Ocean is represented by the shaded spot in Texas—the original Colony of Stephen Fuller Austin | Wall 1936 [map]. Greenish black. Signed. 10 x 12.5 cm.
Final Resting-Place of Stephen F. Austin in the State Cemetary at Austin, Texas... | Wall 1936 [illustration]. Olive. Signed. Wall's caption in pencil: "My friend Copperii [?], sculptor, created this monument. B.W." 12.5 x 10 cm.
AN AUSTIN DREAM REALIZED Administration-Library Building at Austin University of Texas... | Wall 1936 [illustration]. Greenish black. Signed. 12.5 x 10 cm.
BERNHARDT WALL. ETCHER [printer's illustrated device]. Gray. 8 x 5.5 cm.
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