Details
Creator Vehe, J.L., artist.
Contributor Theo. Leonhardt & Son, printer.
Title Theo. Leonhardt & Son. Lithographers. 324 & 326 Chestnut St. Philadelphia. [graphic]: Valentines. Easter. Birthday Christmas & New Year cards. Imported advertising cards. Commercial work our specialty. J.L. Vehe
Publisher [Philadelphia]: Theo. Leonhardt & Son]
Date [ca. 1880]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Advertisement utilizing trompe l'oeil promoting the partnership established by Theodore Leonhardt and his son Arno in 1874. Contains a montage of imagery covered by a check from "Arno Leonhardt" to the "Central Bank." Imagery includes women reading and enjoying a landscape vista from a porch; a boy dressed in 18th-century attire painting; a vase of flowers; an urn; a portrait of a girl; and floral details. The Leonhardt lithographic studio was renamed following the partnership between Leonhardt and his son Arno circa 1874 and the firm remained in operation until the early 20th century.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSA 101
Smithsonian Institution: NMAH Archives Center - Warshaw Collection - Lithography - Vertical Box 2 - Leonhardt - Trompe
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Subject Theo. Leonhardt & Son.
Lithographers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Printing industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Lithographs -- 1870-1880.
Trompe l'oeil prints -- 1870-1880.
Genre Advertisements -- 1870-1880.
Location Smithsonian Institution| Archives Center Warshaw Collection| SI NMAH Archives Center - Warshaw Collection - Lithography - Vertical Box 2 - Leonhardt - Trompe
Accession number SI NMAH Archives Center - Warshaw Collection - Lithography - Vertical Box 2 - Leonhardt - Trompe