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A notorious character. [See other side.] [graphic] / A. Zeese & Co. Ch.
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Creator
A. Zeese & Co., engraver.
Title
A notorious character. [See other side.] [graphic] / A. Zeese & Co. Ch.
Publisher
Chicago
Publisher
United States. 1872
Date
[ca. 1872]
Physical Description
1 print : relief ; 11 x 7 cm (4.5 x 2.75 in.)
Description
Trade card with a bust-length portrait of a man on the recto and text composed in a tongue-in-cheek manner promoting a hardware dealer as a murderer - of prices - on the verso. Portrait depicts a young, bearded man. His hair is parted to his far left. He is attired in a coat with small lapels.
Notes
Date inferred from the construction of the name of engraver.
Advertising text on verso: Murder! On the other side is given a fair likeness of a notorious character still at large and wanted for the murder of high prices on Hardware. He is said to have made the assault with an Iron Will forged to a Cast-Steel Determination. Description. The accused is less than 16 hands high, weighs less than two hundred pounds, has two large patches on the seat of his pants, and wears a 50-cent shirt. When last seen he was selling Hardware at very reasonable prices on the banks of the raging Mahoning. A liberal reward will be given to anybody that catches him asleep during business hours.
Purchased with funds for the Visual Culture Program.
Subject
Beards.
Hardware industry -- Middle West.
Men.
Wit and humor in advertising.
Genre
Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Portrait prints -- 1870-1880.
Relief prints -- 1870-1880.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Notorious [P.2015.18.3]
Accession number
P.2015.18.3
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Trade Card Collection
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