| Contributor |
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909. collector. |
| Title |
Corn-time. / Past-time. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[United States] |
| Publisher |
UNITED STATES. 1880 |
| Date |
[ca. 1880] |
| Physical Description |
2 prints : chromolithographs ; 8.5 x 2.5 cm. (3.25 x 1 in.) |
| Description |
Illustrations entitled "Corn-time" on rectos depict a man sitting outside on a fence cutting a loaf of bread with a knife. |
|
Illustrations entitled "Past-time" on versos depict the back of an elderly winged figure of Death walking away from the viewer
under the word "limbo". He holds a scythe in his right hand and an hourglass in his left hand.
|
| Notes |
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
|
Digitized. |
| Subject |
Bread. |
|
Death. |
|
Eating & drinking. |
|
Hourglasses. |
|
Knives. |
|
Limbo. |
|
Scythes. |
| Genre |
Trade cards -- 1870-1880. |
|
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880. |
| Provenance |
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909. collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Misc [1975.F.788 & 1041] |
| Accession number |
1975.F.788 |
|
1975.F.1041 |
