Details
Contributor Soulé, J. E. (J. Emory), artist.
Ehrgott & Fobriger, printer.
Title [Miscellaneous specimens from specimen album loose prints collection] [graphic].
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1860-1880
Date [ca. 1858-ca. 1880]
Physical Description 10 items: lithographs, chromolithographs, and letterpress; 33 x 49 cm. (13 x 19 in.) or smaller.
Description Contains specimens of ornate borders; an amateurly-colored view of Cincinnati pasted on verso of proof periodical illustration depicting butterflies; uncut pages of a gas pipe fittings trade catalog depicting tees, crosses, elbows, bends, and sockets; an entrance notice for Bryant & Stratton Business College illustrated with a calligraphic image of a bird, likely by J. E. Soulé; a printed lease and 1877 electoral broadside; sheet music cover "Charming Waltz"; advertising print for the "Walnut Street House"; and a flower print.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Various printers, including Ehrgott & Fobriger.
Originally part of Specimens Album [P.9349].
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
J. Emory Soulé worked as a calligrapher at Bryant & Straton Commercial College by 1870 and became the school's principal within the decade.
Subject Bryant & Stratton Business College (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Birds
Borders (Ornament areas)
Flowers.
Pipe fittings.
Transportation.
Genre Advertisements -- 1870-1880.
Broadsides -- 1870-1880.
Chromolithographs -- 1860-1890.
Forms (Documents) -- 1860-1890.
Lithographs -- 1860-1890.
Trade catalogs -- 1860-1870.
Specimens -- 1860-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Specimens Album Loose Prints Collection - Miscellaneous [P.9349.217, 314, 327, 343, 362, 417-418, 421, 460, 473, 567]
Accession number P.9349.217
P.9349.314
P.9349.327
P.9349.343
P.9349.362
P.9349.417
P.9349.418
P.9349.421
P.9349.460
P.9349.473
P.9349.567