Details
Creator Ehrgott & Forbriger.
Title Ehrgott & Forbriger, practical lithographers. s.w. cor. of 4th & Walnut sts., Cincinnati, O. [graphic].
Publisher [Cincinnati]: [Ehrgott & Forbriger]
Publisher OH. Cincinnati. 1858
Date [ca. 1858]
Physical Description 1 print: hand-colored chromolithograph; 26 x 33 cm. (10.25 x 13 in.)
Description Advertisement calendar for 1859 containing patriotic and allegorical vignettes and pictorial details framing a calendar depicted as an architectural monument. Vignettes and details show the American eagle, shield, and flag; symbols of art and industry, including a paint palette, sculpture, telescope, and smoke stacks and chimneys; allegorical figures representing manufacturing, agriculture, and the seasons; and a central vignette containing a fruit display in front of drapery. Ehrgott & Forbriger, the premier Cincinnati firm established in 1856 by Peter E. Ehrgott and Adolphus F. Fobriger, operated under that firm name until 1860 when changed to Ehrgott, Fobriger & Co.
Notes Inscribed lower left corner: 54.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Ehrgott & Fobriger.
Lithographers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Agriculture.
Industry.
Patriotism.
Seasons.
Genre Chromolithographs -- Hand colored -- 1850-1860.
Advertisements -- 1850-1860.
Allegorical prints -- 1850-1860.
Calendars -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.37a]
Accession number P.9349.37a