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Pennsylvania Horticultural Society [ticket] [graphic] / Illman & Sons.
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Creator
Illman & Sons, engraver.
Title
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society [ticket] [graphic] / Illman & Sons.
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1855
Date
[1855]
Physical Description
1 print: engraving mounted on paper; 8 x 11 cm.(3 x 4.25 in.)
Description
Illustrated ticket to "Admit a Lady to the Stated Meetings of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society on the Third Thursday evening of each month Available for One Year ending Septr. 1855. This will also serve for a single admission to a Lady or Gentleman at the Annual Exhibition." Text framed by garlands of flowers. The society organized in 1827 with the mission "to inspire a taste for one of the most rational and pleasing amusements of man."
Notes
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Forms part of Scrapbook of Ephemera [8608.F].
Subject
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society -- Social aspects.
Flowers.
Genre
Engravings -- 1850-1860.
Tickets -- 1850-1860.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| albums - Scrapbook [8608.F.4b]
Accession number
8608.F.4b
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