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M. H. Traubel & Co. respectfully call your attention to their Lithographic Institute, no. 46 1/2 Walnut St. opposite the Merchants Exchange. Philadelphia [graphic].
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Creator
M. H. Traubel & Co.
Title
M. H. Traubel & Co. respectfully call your attention to their Lithographic Institute, no. 46 1/2 Walnut St. opposite the Merchants Exchange. Philadelphia [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia: M. H. Traubel & Co]
Date
[ca. 1853]
Physical Description
1 print : lithograph; 27 x 22 cm.(10.5 x 8.5 in.)
Description
Advertisement for the lithographic firm that operated 1853-ca. 1857 containing an allegorical scene. Shows the female figure lithography seated in an outdoor setting, a stone on her lap, and surrounded by tools for industrial arts, including an angle, mallet, and compass. In the background, a farmer plows his field and a ship sails on the water. Also contains corner piece vignettes showing the seal of Pennsylvania and the American eagle. A border depicted as a twig surrounds three-quarters of the scene. Names of the members of the firm are printed below the image: M. H. Traubel, Th. Leonhardt, Ed. Schnabel, and J. F. Finkelday. Also contains several lines of advertising text promoting the several types of lithographs "executed in a most Superior Style" by the firm, and the "Transferring from Steel or Copper, Wood Cuts, Stone and Manuscript," which is "particularly recommended" as "Millions of Impressions may be printed with but little wear to the Original Plate and at a far greater speed and a more moderate cost than from the Copperplate press." Lithographs advertised include portraits, showcards, bills of exchange, drug & perfumery labels, and "Maps, Plans, Architectural, Ornamental & Machine drawings." Also contains a N.B. about "Blank Drafts, Notes, Bills of Exchange; also a variety of Perfumery Labels constantly on hand."
Notes
Not in Wainwright.
Pencil sketch signed M.H.T.and titled "Sunday morning June 23, 1878" drawn on verso. Shows two women, one holding a child, seated near, and leaning on two trees.
Philadelphia on Stone
PSA 61
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 61 T 693e
Subject
M. H. Traubel & Co.
Lithographers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Women.
Lithographs -- Color -- 1850-1860.
Genre
Advertisements -- 1850-1860.
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Ba 61 T 693e
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