Specimen trade card containing floral imagery., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.19]
Trade catalog containing an ornate front and back cover and two specimen pages of script promoting Thomas Hunter, former partner in Hunter & Duval (active 1869-1874). Front cover contains central vignette showing a woman with two cherubic figures seated on filigree. The woman writes on a lithographic stone and the figures hold a banner reading "Duval & Hunter" and a printing ink roller. Rear cover contains a wreath of medals awarded to predecessor firms P. S. Duval and Duval & Hunter. Medals, many from the Franklin Institute, enclose text reading "Duval and Hunter's Steam Lithographic Establishment. 19 First Premiums in Diplomas and Medals. 1841-1872" and contain inscriptions, dates, allegorical figures, seals, and busts of Benjamin Franklin and King Albert. Several of the medals reference color lithography and chromolithography., Also includes two specimen pages of script for "Duval & Hunter, Designer, Lithographers, and Chromo Publishers, Nos. 716-722 Filbert St. Philadelphia" that promote the services and prints supplied by the establishment, including "a liberal discount to the trade," "check books," "labels of all kinds," and "Portraits and Lithography in all its Branches." Catalog also contains preface "To the Trade" and title list with prices., Not in Wainwright., Title annotated with stamp Thomas Hunter, Successor., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 102, Smithsonian Institution: NMAH Graphic Arts 1984-774-01
Creator
Duval & Hunter
Date
[1873]
Location
Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Graphic Arts SI NMAH Graphic Arts 1984-774-01-Cover, Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Graphic Arts SI NMAH Graphic Arts 1984-774-01-ToTheTrade, Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Graphic Arts SI NMAH Graphic Arts 1984-774-01-Insurance, Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Graphic Arts SI NMAH Graphic Arts 1984-774-01-Back
Two specimen trade cards containing floral designs and blanks issued by the Philadephia branch of the New York partnership that operated 1863-1888. One designs also includes a butterfly. Cards contain registration marks., Title supplied by cataloguer., Not in Wainwright., Stamped on verso: Specimens from Major & Knapp Lith. Co. 150 So. Fourth Street Phila. New Designs constantly on hand., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 63, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Tradecard Collection - M, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Tradecard Collection - M - 2
Creator
Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co.
Date
[ca. 1878]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - M, Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - M - 2
Two specimen trade cards containing floral designs and blanks issued by the Philadephia branch of the New York partnership that operated 1863-1888. One designs also includes a butterfly. Cards contain registration marks., Title supplied by cataloguer., Not in Wainwright., Stamped on verso: Specimens from Major & Knapp Lith. Co. 150 So. Fourth Street Phila. New Designs constantly on hand., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 63, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Tradecard Collection - M, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Tradecard Collection - M - 2
Creator
Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co.
Date
[ca. 1878]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - M, Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - M - 2
Not in Wainwright., Advertisement showing the bust-length portrait of a woman, slightly facing right, attired in a ruffled hood with fur trim and jewel clasp at her collar. The Leonhardt lithographic studio was renamed following the partnership between Leonhardt and his son Arno circa 1874 and the firm remained in operation until the early 20th century., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 86, Smithsonian Institution: NMAH Archives Center – Warshaw Collection - Lithography - Vertical Box 2 - Leonhardt - Woman
Creator
Theo. Leonhardt & Son
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Smithsonian Institution | Archives Center Warshaw Collection SI NMAH Archives Center – Warshaw Collection - Lithography - Vertical Box 2 - Leonhardt - Woman