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Photo, Print, Drawing [Ephemera from the Marian S. Carson collection]

About this Item

Title

  • [Ephemera from the Marian S. Carson collection]

Summary

  • Prints show advertisements for a variety of goods and services, book and periodical illustrations, including two cartoons of social commentary, a stock certificate, a sales receipt, print catalogs, sketchbook study prints of animals, and a series of small studies of plants and trees, with some buildings in the landscape. Most items relate to Philadelphia, with a few advertisements from New York, Boston, Cincinnati, and New Jersey.

Names

  • Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870, engraver
  • Akin, James, approximately 1773-1846, artist
  • Boerum, Simeon, engraver
  • Gilks, Thomas, engraver
  • Neagle, John B., approximately 1796-1866, engraver
  • Orr, John William, 1815-1887, engraver
  • Tucker, William E., 1801-1857, engraver
  • Syckelmoore, William, publisher
  • Underwood, Thomas, 1795-1849, artist
  • Uwins, Thomas, 1782-1857, engraver
  • Whitechurch, Robert, 1814-approximately 1880, engraver
  • George W. Mentz & Son, publisher
  • Illman Brothers, engraver
  • M'Carty & Davis, publisher
  • Narine & Co., publisher
  • P. Maverick, Durand & Co.
  • Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [1800-1940]

Headings

  • -  Carhart, Needham & Co
  • -  Cornelius & Baker
  • -  Carriages & coaches--United States--1800-1870
  • -  Churches--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1800-1900
  • -  Clothing industry--United States--1830-1870
  • -  Dry goods stores--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1830-1870
  • -  Factories--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1830-1860
  • -  Firefighting equipment--United States--1800-1870
  • -  Foundries--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1800-1900
  • -  Hotels--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1800-1900
  • -  Intergenerational relations--1800-1900
  • -  Ironwork--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1800-1900
  • -  Lighting industry--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1850-1860
  • -  Organs--New York (State)--New York--1850-1870
  • -  Plumbing fixtures--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1830-1840
  • -  Shoe polishes--1800-1870
  • -  Sepulchral monuments industry--United States--1850-1860
  • -  Typefounding--Pennsylvania--1800-1900
  • -  Writing materials--1830-1860

Format Headings

  • Advertisements--1800-1940.
  • Almanacs--1840-1860.
  • Bank note vignettes--1800-1850.
  • Book illustrations--1800-1900.
  • Cartoons (Commentary)--1850-1870.
  • Intaglio prints--1800-1900.
  • Labels--1830-1850.
  • Lithographs--1830-1880.
  • Periodical illustrations--1840-1940.
  • Photomechanical prints--1900-1940.
  • Pictorial lettersheets--1840-1880.
  • Postcards--1900-1930.
  • Stock certificates--1870-1880.
  • Title pages--1850-1860.
  • Trade catalogs--1860-1890.

Genre

  • Advertisements--1800-1940
  • Almanacs--1840-1860
  • Bank note vignettes--1800-1850
  • Book illustrations--1800-1900
  • Cartoons (Commentary)--1850-1870
  • Labels--1830-1850
  • Pictorial lettersheets--1840-1880
  • Postcards--1900-1930
  • Stock certificates--1870-1880
  • Title pages--1850-1860
  • Trade catalogs--1860-1890
  • Intaglio prints--1800-1900
  • Lithographs--1830-1880
  • Periodical illustrations--1840-1940
  • Photomechanical prints--1900-1940

Notes

  • -  LOT title devised by Library staff.
  • -  Includes a bookplate for "Thomas MacKellar, Germantown, Pa.", a sales receipt for a "Dag. Portrait of a Painting of Tench Coxe" sold by "W. & F. Langenheim, March 5th, 1846", a broadside for the "Continental Museum Life Size Wax Figures. Scenes of the American Revolution!", a "Map of Boston and Adjacent Country, showing that City to be the Geographical, as well as the Intellectual and Moral, Centre of one-half of the Globe. Compiled, for use of Schools, from the latest survey of the Fields, by A. Shortfellow, Esq., Cosmographical Engineer" as "Published by Collins & M'Leester, Type Founders, No. 705 Jayne Street, Philadelphia", the title page from "The American engineer, draftsman, and machinist's assistant; by Oliver Byrne" published by C.A. Brown and Company, Philadelphia, 1853, and a page from "The Hibernia fire engine company no. 1" published in Philadelphia and printed by J.B. Chandler, 1859, showing the "Penn Steam Engine & Boiler Works" of the "Reaney, Neafie & Co."
  • -  Also includes an advertisement for "Currier & Ives' Series of Splendid Colored Pictures of The Life of a Fireman" showing "Plate 4. The Ruins" and a four page catalog of "Oil Chromos", "Elegant Engravings", and "Fine Steel Plate Engravings" listed by title with size and price, also "Cabinet Chromos" and "Oval Engravings", as well as some specific works of art, such as "The Transfiguration of Christ by Raphael" and "Washington Irving and His Friends" that were "For Sale by Caldwell & Co., 124 Nassau Street, New York." There is also a catalog titled "List of Connecticut Valley Stereoscopic Views. Published by J.D. Lawrence & Co., Northampton, Mass." Copyright Dec 2 1871 (B11454) with copyright stamp, date, and number on the cover. It lists 310 views of "Northampton and Vicinity, Mount Holyoke, Mount Tom, Miscellaneous Views, Sugar Loaf Mountain, So. Deerfield" as well as views in Vermont of "Brattleboro, Putney, West Dummerston, [and] Bellows Falls", and eleven "Ice and Frost Views." (See "List" no. 210 "Sugar Loaf Mountain" in LOT 13614)
  • -  Among the several printmakers and publishers are: Thomas Gilks, Alexander Anderson, William Mulready, 1786-1863, John B. Neagle, Wheeling Intelligencer Steam Job Press, Simeon Boerum, W.H. Rease, Illman Bros., Gustav Georg Lange, Darmstadt, W.E. Tucker, American Bank Note Co., N.Y., James W. Steel, J.W. Orr, N.Y., P.S. Duval & Co. Steam Lith Press, Ph., and E. Ketterlinus & Co., printer.
  • -  (DLC/PP-1998:151)
  • -  Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

Medium

  • 81 prints : collotypes, engravings, etchings, line photoengravings, lithographs, with letterpress, some color ; 32.8 x 34.3 cm or smaller.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 14108 (H) [P&P]

Source Collection

  • Carson, Marian S. Visual materials from the Marian S. Carson collection

Repository

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016649111

Rights Advisory

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Anderson, Alexander, Engraver, James Akin, Simeon Boerum, Thomas Gilks, John B Neagle, John William Orr, William E Tucker, et al. Ephemera from the Marian S. Carson collection. United States Pennsylvania New York Philadelphia, 1800. [to 1940] Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016649111/.

APA citation style:

Anderson, A., Akin, J., Boerum, S., Gilks, T., Neagle, J. B., Orr, J. W. [...] Marian S. Carson Collection. (1800) Ephemera from the Marian S. Carson collection. United States Pennsylvania New York Philadelphia, 1800. [to 1940] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016649111/.

MLA citation style:

Anderson, Alexander, Engraver, et al. Ephemera from the Marian S. Carson collection. [to 1940] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2016649111/>.