Details
Contributor Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Title Sea shore and country Japanese decorations, parasols, fans, scrolls, hammocks, &c. See our immense fire place screen fan, $1.65, all colors, George M. Lee, 1322 Chestnut St., Philad'a, Penna. [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1880
Date [ca. 1880]
Physical Description 2 prints : color wood engraving ; 8 x 8 cm. (3.25 x 3.25 in.)
Description Series of illustrated trade cards die cut and shaped into hand-held fans depicting scenes of Japanese life, including a bird perched on the branch of a cherry blossom and a large man with a smaller male companion wading through water and carrying a baby bundled in cloth on his head.
Notes Title from text printed on versos.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject Lee, George M.
Dry goods stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Birds.
Cherry blossoms.
Fans (Accessories)
Japanese -- Social life.
Genre Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Wood engravings -- Color -- 1870-1880.
Provenance Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Lee [1975.F.398 & 399]
Accession number 1975.F.398
1975.F.399