Print depicting ruins and an open grave. In the left, shows a human skull and bones beside an open grave. Tools lie near a square stone, including a shovel, a spade, and a triangle. A snake slithers away. In the right, a man, attired in a robe leans on a broken column. A dog stands among stones and pieces of columns. Plants grow on top of part of the building left standing. In the background, a group of men holding sticks, walks down a path toward the sea. One man, holding a stick, climbs up a hill towards a circular, columned building, possibly a temple. Palm trees grow., Title from image., Date inferred from active dates of the printer., Copyright statement on recto: Entered for the Proprietor according to act of Congress by Brother W.H. Holbrooke, New York., Gift of David Doret, 2011.
Date
[ca. 1850]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | PRINT **GC - Allegories [P.2011.45.5]
Illustrated trade card depicting a man in medieval clothing, including a cloak, fur cap with a feather, tights, and sword, holds and inspects a skull in his right hand., Title, advertising text, and a list of street numbers divided into "North" and "South" columns are printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Casperson [P.2006.20.19]
Illustrated trade card and metamorphic picture depicting two girls playing with their pet dog and toys, strategically placed so that when viewed from afar, the scene forms the shadows of a human skull. William Deering became the sole owner of a reaper company in 1879 in Plano, Illinois and subsequently moved the business to Chicago, Illinois in 1880. The business was incorporated as William Deering & Company in 1883., Advertising text printed on verso promotes various harvesting and mowing machines manufactured by William Deering & Co., including the Junior Deering, the Standard Deering, the Deering Mower, Deering Giant Mower, the Warrior Mower, and the Deering Light Reaper. Informs readers that "the skull duggery practiced by some manufacturers of harvesting machinery, in palming off cheap machines on unsuspecting farmers, finds no favor in the Deering factory.", Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *trade card - Deering [P.9631.5]
