Details
Creator Aub, Jacob, artist.
Contributor Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886 1820 or 21-1886, artist.
Wagner & M'Guigan, printer.
Shew, T.B., daguerreotypist.
Title Wagner & McGuigan's lithographic establishment for drawing lettering & printing no. 116 Chesnut [sic] St. Philadelphia. [graphic] / Portraits, landscapes, anatomical & architectural drawings, views of stores, fancy prints, show cards, maps, plans, certificates, circulars, all kinds of fancy labels, cards, &c., printing in illuminated colours & gold, transferring from steel, copper & stone. Wagner & McGuigan have received the highest award [a silver medal] for their lithography from the Franklin Institute of the state of Penna. Orders done with neatness and despatch. On stone by J. Aub ; by Queen, from a daguerreotype by T.B. Shew, interior view of Wagner & McGuigan's lithographic drawing, writing & printing establishment.
Publisher Philadelphia : [Wagner & McGuigan, no. 116 Chesnut [sic] St
Date [ca. 1847]
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; 57 x 36 cm. (22 x 14 in.)
Description Advertisement containing an interior view of the shop at 116 Chestnut Street (ie. 320 Chestnut Street) after a daguerreotype depicting a long row of presses lined along the perimeter of the room near tall windows for natural light. Pressmen work on stones propped flat and on an angle. The man at the first press rolls ink onto a stone, as another man, probably an apprentice, carries a stone from the reserve of fresh stones arranged and stacked on the shelves on the opposite wall. Bottles and other supplies line the shelves between each window, and several packaged stones are piled on the floor in the foreground awaiting shipment. View includes a standing press. A foreman, possibly Wagner or McGuigan, attired in a suit observes the printers. Includes views of the recto and verso of the silver medal awarded to Wagner & M'Guigan for "skill and ingenuity" in lithography by the Franklin Institute in 1844 below the image and flanking the advertising text. Advertisement shows text printed in various fonts and shades to demonstrate the range and ability of the recently established lithographic firm of Wagner & M'Guigan (fl. 1846-1858).
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSA 113
T.B. Shaw, possibly Trueman Shaw, operated from the same address as Wagner & McGuigan (116 Chestnut) between 1846 and 1849.
Smithsonian Institution NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3081]
Subject Wagner & M’Guigan.
Lithographers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Printers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Printing industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Printing presses. -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Printing equipment -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Medals.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 320.
Genre Lithographs -- 1840-1850.
Advertisements -- 1840-1850.
Location Smithsonian Institution, NMAH, Home and Community Life Collection | SI NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3081]