Details
Creator Bigot, Alphonse, ca. 1828-1872 or 3, artist.
Contributor Sinclair, Thomas, b. ca. 1832. printer.,
Title Second grand ball of the Lithographic Printers Union. [graphic] : On Monday ev'g May 18th 1863 at the Musical Fund Hall. / A. Bigot, del. et lith.
Publisher Philadelphia : T. Sinclair's lith
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1863
Date 1863
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; 12 x 17 cm. (4.75 x 6.75 in.)
Description Invitation to the second grand ball for the Lithographic Printers Union illustrated by three vignettes, including a man drawing on a stone in a studio; men and women dancing at a ball; and a man rolling ink onto a stone. The title and illustrations are surrounded and separated by cherubs and filigree enlaced with flowers.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
On recto in fine print: Master of ceremonies: Henry Morris. Floor managers: John Tolland, John Collins, James Deady, T.S. Whitehead, Wm. Smith. Committee: J.P. Tolland, John Collins, James Deady, T.S. Whitehead, Henry Morris, A.L. Wiese, Peter Alexander, J.N. Conklin.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 205
The constitution and by-laws of the Lithographic Printers Union were instituted on February 28, 1854. Fred C. Munson, "History of the Lithographers Union," p. 1, suggests that a lithographic trade union existed in Philadelphia as early as 1843.
Subject Lithographic Printers Union (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Balls (Parties) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Labor unions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1860-1870.
Invitations -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *trade cards - Lithographic Printers Union [P.9349.277]
Accession number P.9349.277