Creator |
Illman & Sons, engraver. |
Title |
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society [ticket] [graphic] / Illman & Sons. |
Publisher |
[Philadelphia] |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1855 |
Date |
[1855] |
Physical Description |
1 print: engraving mounted on paper; 8 x 11 cm.(3 x 4.25 in.) |
Description |
Illustrated ticket to "Admit a Lady to the Stated Meetings of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society on the Third Thursday
evening of each month Available for One Year ending Septr. 1855. This will also serve for a single admission to a Lady or
Gentleman at the Annual Exhibition." Text framed by garlands of flowers. The society organized in 1827 with the mission "to
inspire a taste for one of the most rational and pleasing amusements of man."
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Notes |
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
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Forms part of Scrapbook of Ephemera [8608.F]. |
Subject |
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society -- Social aspects. |
|
Flowers. |
Genre |
Engravings -- 1850-1860. |
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Tickets -- 1850-1860. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| albums - Scrapbook [8608.F.4b] |
Accession number |
8608.F.4b |