| Title |
[Trade cards for Ehrgott, Fobriger & Co.] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[Cincinnati] |
| Publisher |
OH. Cincinnati. 1860-1869 |
| Date |
[1860-1869] |
| Physical Description |
5 prints: 2 chromolithographs and 3 color lithographs mounted on paper; 8 x 12 cm. (3.25 x 4.5 in.) or smaller. |
| Description |
Series of illustrated trade cards for the Cincinnati lithographers, engravers, and printers. Imagery includes an allegorical
female figure seated near objects symbolic of the arts and sciences, including a paint palette, compass, globe, and books
and scenes of a farmer at his plow, a traveling locomotive, and sailing vessels on the ocean. Other pictorial details include
ornate frames surrounding advertising text. Frames contain scrolls and bunches of grapes. The premier firm established in
1856 operated as Ehrgott, Fobriger & Co. between 1860 and 1869.
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| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
|
Color lithographs printed in either blue, green, or violet ink. |
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Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Subject |
Ehrgott, Fobriger & Co. |
|
Lithographers -- Ohio -- Cincinnati. |
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Farming. |
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Vessels. |
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Railroad locomotives. |
| Genre |
Chromolithographs -- 1860-1870. |
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Lithographs -- 1860-1870. |
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Trade cards -- 1860-1870. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.146e, h, j- l & o] |
| Accession number |
P.9349.146e |
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P.9349.146h |
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P.9349.146j |
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P.9349.146k |
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P.9349.146l |
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P.9349.146o |
