Details
Creator Mueller, A. M. J., artist.
Contributor Camp, John Henry, 1822-1881, printer.
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909. collector.
Title [Charity and the Devil trade cards] [graphic] / A.M.J. Mueller.
Publisher Philadelphia : J.H. Camp, litho
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1870
Date [ca. 1870]
Physical Description 2 prints : chromolithographs ; 17 x 9 cm. (6.75 x 3.5 in.)
Description Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a scene representing Charity, including three robed female figures in a trinity formation with a cornucopia of fruit held by the figure on the left. An indigent mother and her two children beg at their feet. Another scene depicts a half man, half goat horned devil figure seated on a throne flanked by gargoyle figures and large lit torches. Mythological male and female figures fly up and away from the grasp of the devil, including Athena wearing a helmet; Hermes represented by talaria, petasos, and a caduceus; a jester or joker; an unidentified topless female figure; and a winged Eros with a bow and arrows slung over his shoulder.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject Charity.
Cornucopias.
Devil.
Fools & jesters.
Mothers.
Poverty.
Athena (Greek deity)
Eros (Greek deity)
Hermes (Greek deity)
Genre Trade cards -- 1860-1870.
Chromolithographs -- 1860-1870.
Provenance Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909. collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Misc [1975.F.194 & 201]
Accession number 1975.F.194
1975.F.201