Specimen showing a bunch of flowers. Cornices contain rose details. George S. Harris established his printing business, which specialized in labels, in 1847. In 1852, he relocated to Fourth and Vine Streets where he operated as George S. Harris until 1872 when he partnered with his son George T. Harris and renamed the business George Harris & Son., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 85, Forms part of Specimens Album [P.9349].
Creator
Harris, George S.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.171i]
Frontispiece advertising the Philadelphia lithographic studio of P.S. Duval, which received an 1849 Franklin Institute medal for advancement in chromolithography. Contains allegorical, patriotic, romantic, and art-themed iconography. Includes a female allegorical figure, wearing a liberty cap, who holds a cornucopia under one arm, and raises a laurel wreath with the other. She stands on an American shield covered by a sword, palette, book, architectural plan, globe, and mallet. Also shows the American eagle, floral details, and two cherubs entwined in a banner reading "E Pluribus Unum.", Published in Catalogue of the twenty-third exhibition of American manufactures... (Philadelphia: William S. Young, 1853), frontispiece., Printed lower right corner: (See Page 491)., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 84, Variant of illustration in Patent office report. Part 1. 1849. [P.2002.67.68]
Creator
Schussele, Christian, 1826?-1879, artist
Date
1853, c1850
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1853 Exhib 14181.O .5.frontispiece
Book illustration advertising the Philadelphia lithographic studio of P.S. Duval, which received an 1849 Franklin Institute medal for advancement in chromolithography. Contains allegorical, patriotic, romantic, and art-themed iconography. Includes a female allegorical figure, wearing a liberty cap, who holds a cornucopia under one arm, and raises a laurel wreath with the other. She stands on an American shield covered by a sword, palette, book, architectural plan, globe, and mallet. Also shows the American eagle, floral details, and two cherubs entwined in a banner reading "E Pluribus Unum.", Printed upper right corner: Patent Office Report. Part 1. 1849., Printed lower right corner: (See Page 491)., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 10, Gift of Helen Beitler., Variant of frontispiece published in Catalogue of the twenty-third exhibition of American manufactures... (Philadelphia: William S. Young, 1853). [LCP Am 1853 Exhib 14181.O.5]
Creator
Schussele, Christian, 1826?-1879, artist
Date
c1850
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Advertisements - D [P.2002.67.68]
Proof of the illustrated front and back covers of the seed trade catalogue. Depicts the flowering plants "Dreer's Superb Nasturtiums" and "Montbretias" (i.e., red crocus). Also contains the company trademark adorned with a four-leaf clover labeled "Dreer's Fresh & Reliable Seeds." Dreer established the business in 1838. The firm was incorporated 1892 under his son, William F. Dreer, who assumed the business operations following his father's death in 1873., Contains register marks., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 60, Gift of David Doret.
Date
[ca. 1898]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Advertisements - Dreer [P.2006.28.8]
