[Checks, bank notes, billheads, and receipts specimens]
Leonhardt, Theo. (Theodore)
1818-1877
printer
Ehrgott & Fobriger
printer
Lehman & Bolton
printer
Paul & Lindsay
printer
Wm F. Murphy's sons
printer
still image
Graphic
Lithographs -- 1860-1870
Bank notes -- 1860-1880
Billheads -- 1860-1880
Checks -- 1860-1880
xxu
UNITED STATES
[ca. 1860-ca. 1870]
1860
1870
monographic
eng
25 prints: lithographs; 47 x 28 cm. (18.5 x 11 in.) or smaller.
Series of checks, bank notes, billheads, and receipts, containing allegorical and patriotic vignettes and ornate pictorial details. Vignettes depict allegorical female figures, including Liberty, Hope, Justice, and Bounty; animals, including the American eagle, a dog protecting a safe, and bucks; and patriotic figures, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Ulysses Grant. Other vignettes depict a view of a traveling locomotive; the seal of Pennsylvania; and views of harvested produce and grains. Businesses represented include A. Exton & Co., cracker manufacturers; Heywood, Kilburn & Co., chair and cottage furniture dealers; West Branch National Bank; Perry County Bank; Reed & Schell, bankers; First National Bank of Sunbury; and Jefferson Savings Institute.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Several of series printed in color ink, including blue, green, tan, and violet.
Print P.9399.390 inscribed to John Mayer for $23.00 three months after date [illegible]. 24 Feb. H five. Feb 23rd.
Various printers, including Ehrgott & Fobriger; Lehman & Bolton; Theodore Leonhardt; Wm. F. Murphy's Sons (& Sons); and Paul & Lindsay.
Forms part of Specimens Album Collection.
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson)
1822-1885
Portraits
Jefferson, Thomas
1743-1826
Portraits
Washington, George
1732-1799
Portraits
A. Exton & Co.
Heywood, Kilburn & Co.
Allegories
Animals
Business enterprises
Harvesting
Liberty
Justice
Banking
Receipts (Acknowledgements)
Patriotism
various
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department
Specimens Album Loose Prints Collection - Checks, etc. [P.9349.341, 369, 371-372, 375, 379-381, 383, 385-390, 392- 394, 396, 398, 400, 410, 415, 423, 426]
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