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Details
Creator Schussele, Christian, 1826?-1879, artist.
Contributor Duval, Peter S., 1804 or 5-1886, printer.
Title Specimen of chromo-lith. from P.S. Duval & Co.'s lithographic establishment, drawing on stone plain & color printing, Ranstead Place, west from 26 South 4th Street, Phila. [graphic] / Composed & drawn on stone by C. Schuesele [sic].
Publisher Philadelphia: By P.S. Duval Philada. and printed on his steam lith. press
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1853
Date 1853, c1850
Physical Description 1 print: chromolithograph; 23 x 15 cm.(9 x 5.75 in.)
Description Frontispiece advertising the Philadelphia lithographic studio of P.S. Duval, which received an 1849 Franklin Institute medal for advancement in chromolithography. Contains allegorical, patriotic, romantic, and art-themed iconography. Includes a female allegorical figure, wearing a liberty cap, who holds a cornucopia under one arm, and raises a laurel wreath with the other. She stands on an American shield covered by a sword, palette, book, architectural plan, globe, and mallet. Also shows the American eagle, floral details, and two cherubs entwined in a banner reading "E Pluribus Unum."
Notes Published in Catalogue of the twenty-third exhibition of American manufactures... (Philadelphia: William S. Young, 1853), frontispiece.
Printed lower right corner: (See Page 491).
Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSA 84
Variant of illustration in Patent office report. Part 1. 1849. [P.2002.67.68]
Subject Duval, Peter S., 1804 or 5-1886.
Lithographers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Angels.
Art.
Eagles.
Flowers.
Women.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1840-1850.
Advertisements -- 1840-1850.
Frontispieces -- 1840-1850.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts| Rare| Am 1853 Exhib 14181.O .5.frontispiece
Accession number 14181.O .5.frontispiece