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The truant boys. [graphic].
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Contributor
Abbey, E.C., publisher.
Title
The truant boys. [graphic].
Publisher
[Buffalo, N.Y.] : E.C. Abbey
Publisher
N.Y. Buffalo. 1877
Date
c1877
Physical Description
2 prints : lithograph ; 8.5 x 14 cm. (3.25 x 5.5 in.)
Description
Trade card illustration for E.C. Abbey, M.D., showing a bucolic scene with two sheep resting under a tree near a rustic fence in the foreground. Shows pasture for livestock and a mountain in the background.
Notes
Copyrighted 1877 by E.C. Abbey, M.D.
Advertising text printed on verso for instructive book, "The Sexual System and it's Derangements," and products sold by Dr. E.C. Abbey, Buffalo, N.Y. Also advises the observer to find "20 boys which the picture contains" and the "ghost of the valley".
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of David and Trish Long in honor of Jenny Ambrose.
Digitized.
Subject
Abbey, E.C.
Sheep.
Farms.
Genre
Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Lithographs -- 1870-1880.
Printer
Abbey, E.C., publisher.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Abbey [P.2009.10.2-3]
Accession number
P.2009.10.2
P.2009.10.3
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
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