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[J.E. Caldwell & Co. trade cards] [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A105653
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Details
Contributor
J.B. Lippincott & Co., printer.
J.E. Caldwell & Co., engraver.
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Title
[J.E. Caldwell & Co. trade cards] [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1870-1880
Date
[ca. 1870-1880]
Physical Description
4 prints : 3 chromolithographs and 1 engraving ; 12 x 10 cm. (4.75 x 4 in.)
Description
Series of illustrated trade cards for the Philadelphia jewelry firm J.E. Caldwell & Co. Illustrations depict scantily-clad boys standing on the heads of various animals, including an alligator, a donkey, and a camel. The boys wear or carry native items or clothing from various parts of the world, including a dark-skinned boy wearing large hoops in his hears, a gold anklet, and shield-like object on his back; a boy wearing a bandana around his head with a two-tined pitchfork over his shoulder; and a boy wearing a long kaffiyeh with a rifle strapped to his back. Another illustration depicts man seated at a table etching designs into a an urn or vase.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Printers and engravers include the Engraving Department of Caldwell & Co. and J.B. Lippincott & Co.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject
J.E. Caldwell & Co.
Jewelry stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Boys.
Men.
Alligators.
Camels.
Donkeys.
Clothing & dress.
Headdresses.
Pitchforks.
Pottery.
Rifles.
Genre
Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880.
Engravings -- 1870-1880.
Provenance
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Caldwell [1975.F.127; 1975.F.130; 1975.F.132; 1975.F.222]
Accession number
1975.F.127
1975.F.130
1975.F.132
1975.F.222
In Collections
Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Trade Card Collection
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