Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a scene representing Charity, including three robed female figures in a trinity formation with a cornucopia of fruit held by the figure on the left. An indigent mother and her two children beg at their feet. Another scene depicts a half man, half goat horned devil figure seated on a throne flanked by gargoyle figures and large lit torches. Mythological male and female figures fly up and away from the grasp of the devil, including Athena wearing a helmet; Hermes represented by talaria, petasos, and a caduceus; a jester or joker; an unidentified topless female figure; and a winged Eros with a bow and arrows slung over his shoulder., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Creator
Mueller, A. M. J., artist
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Misc [1975.F.194 & 201]
Contains six patriotic and allegorical label designs. Imagery includes the allegorical and mythical figures Liberty, Bounty (Ceres), Mercury, and the "Good Shepherd"; a zouave soldier; a Native American princess on horse-back; a man and woman working in a textile mill; cornucopias; American flags; American eagle; and floral and filigree borders., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Madelyn Wolke, Lucianne Reichert, and Clifford A. Mohwinkel Jr.
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Serz [P.9773.26a]
