Details
Creator Newsam, Albert, 1809-1864, artist.
Title Lithography [graphic] : P.S. Duval 7 Bank Alley, Philadelphia.
Publisher [Philadelphia: P.S. Duval]
Date [ca. 1840]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, hand-colored; 28 x 37 cm.(11 x 14.5 in.)
Description Clever advertisement in the style of trompe l'oeil containing examples of the lithographer's work interlayered on top of a black background. Includes billheads, bills of laden, checks, maps and plans, marine and landscape views, portraiture, animal portraiture, sheet music, professional cards and advertisements. Some of the corners of the prints curl up. Pictorial elements of note include a portrait of Aloys Senefelder, the inventor of lithography; the business card of lithographic artist "A. Newsam"; advertising prints showing Duval's "Lithographic Establishment," and the Merchant's Exchange; and sheets of advertisement text in script promoting Duval's ability to "execute orders at short notice," his types of prints, and the advantages of the "facility" and "cheapness" of "facsimiles" for businesses. Duval, an early and premier Philadelphia lithographer, operated alone from 7 Bank Alley 1840-1848.
Is referenced by Wainwright 220
PMA, Philadelphia: Three Centuries of American Art 267
Notes Probably drawn by Albert Newsam.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSA 60
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Albert Newsam Collection, V -100, Box 10, Folder 3
Subject Duval, Peter S., 1804 or 5-1886.
Lithographers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Trompe l'oeil prints.
Genre Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1830-1840.
Advertisements -- 1830-1840.
Location Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Albert Newsam Collection, V -100, Box 10, Folder 3