Details
Contributor Coffin & Altemus, publisher.
Title Washington. Printed by S. H. Greene & Sons. Riverpoint, R.I. Coffin, Altemus & Co. Sole agents. [graphic].
Publisher [Riverpoint, R.I.?]: Coffin & Altemus
Publisher R.I. Riverpoint. 1871
Date c1871
Physical Description 1 print: engraving; 20 x 13 cm. (8 x 5 in.)
Description Textile label for the textile print works founded in 1828 by Simon H. Greene and Edward Pike. Depicts Washington, in uniform, holding a sheet of paper, and standing next to his horse near a river. Label also contains corner details of fasces and United States shields framed in garland. The firm, renamed S. H. Greene & Sons in 1865, were nationally known for their "Washington" line of printed textiles.
Notes Stamped on recto: 41 2
Copyrighted in Washington, D.C.
Inscribed on verso: Cora cora Ott. Samuel Sassemon.
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 S.H. Greene & Sons.
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Portraits.
Genre Textile labels -- 1870-1880.
Engravings -- 1870-1880.
Printer Coffin & Altemus, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Labels [P.2011.10.99]
Accession number P.2011.10.99