Ladies' invitation to an annual ball for the Lithographic Printers Union illustrated by a fairy-like female figure with wings surrounded by flower bushes. Standing lightly on her toes, she holds fresh-picked roses in her right hand., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 135, The Lithographic Printers Union was instituted on February 28, 1854. Copy of their "Constitution and By-Laws for 1857" in the collections of the German Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. Fred C. Munson, "History of the Lithographers Union," p. 1, suggests that a lithographic trade union existed in Philadelphia as early as 1843., New York Public Library: MEZDP, Courtesy of Print Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.
Invitation containing a scene of a mother with her children and a border containing Independent Order of Odd Fellows iconography. Scene shows the mother holding a baby in her lap and pointing to a temple in the background. Two sons read books, one on the ground, and the other near her lap. A daughter kneels in front of her and hands her a flower. Border contains vinery, a bee hive, the all-seeing eye, American eagle, a hand with a heart in the palm (charity) above a three-link chain (friendship, love, and truth) in which an ax rests in one of the rings. Text of invitation reads: M.__________ compliments to M.___________ and requests the pleasure of her Company at the Chinese Museum on Thursday Evening September 6th, 1859., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 95, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 61 D 956c
Date
[1859]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 61 D 956c
