Details
Contributor L. Prang & Co., printer.
Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co., printer.
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Title [Brownings trade cards] [graphic].
Publisher United States
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1878-1881
Date c1878-[ca. 1881]
Physical Description 5 prints : chromolithographs ; 15 x 11 cm. (6 x 4.5 in.) or smaller.
Description Series of illustrated trade cards for Brownings fine clothing and gent's furnishing store in the Girard House at Ninth and Chestnut Streets in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict ornate, gilt cards with decorative text and borders; flowers; birds; a horse-drawn carriage; a butterfly; an eagle; a hunting scene; a cabin; and a buffet of sweets, including fruit and cakes.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Printers include the New York firm Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co. and the Boston firm L. Prang & Co.
One print [P.9306.3] copyrighted 1878 by L. Prang & Co., Boston, U.S.A.
Advertising text printed on rectos and versos. One print [1975.F.62] contains "Directions for Self-Measurement" on verso with front and back views of a man attired in a coat. Another print [1975.F.49] contains printed text on verso that attests to the quality of Brownings clothing.
Two prints [1975.F.113 and 116] die cut and shaped into ovals.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
One print [P.9306.3] gift of Gordon Marshall.
Digitized.
Subject Browning, William C.
Clothing stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Birds.
Butterflies.
Cabins.
Carriages & coaches.
Confections.
Dogs.
Eagles.
Flowers.
Hunting.
Men.
Genre Trade cards -- 1870-1890.
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1890.
Provenance Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Brownings [1975.F.49; 1975.F.62; 1975.F.113; 1975.F.116; P.9306.3]
Accession number 1975.F.49
1975.F.62
1975.F.113
1975.F.116
P.9306.3