Details
Contributor Mace, Romaine, copyright holder.
Title [Mechanical calendar issued by New Jersey electrician Romaine Mace] [graphic].
Publisher New York: Romaine Mace
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1883
Date c1883
Physical Description 1 item: chromolithograph; oval 14 x 11 cm.(5.5 x 4.5 in.)
Description Illustrated mechanical calendar containing four genre scenes representing "Spring," "Summer," "Autumn," and "Winter." Spring scene shows an organ grinder watching his "escaped" monkey walk across the balustrade portico of a city residence under the gaze of excited children. Summer scene shows a woman in bathing attire wading in the ocean. Piers are visible in the background. Autumn scene shows a horse-trotting race. Winter scene shows a masquerade ball. Also contains a vignette showing an hour glass adorned with wings and a pictorial detail depicting a ribbon at the center.
Notes Contains three rivets.
Patent Applied For.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Subject Mace, Romaine.
Electricians.
Seasons.
Recreation.
Masquerades.
Organ grinders.
Genre Calendars -- 1880-1890.
Advertisements -- 1880-1890.
Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Genre works -- 1880-1890.
Printer Mace, Romaine, copyright holder.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Calendars [P.2011.10.167]
Accession number P.2011.10.167