Condolence cards, [ca. 1879-ca. 1884].

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Condolence cards, [ca. 1879-ca. 1884].

Contains 32 condolence cards, some copyrighted between 1879 and 1883, and published by Prang. A price per set, which included envelopes, is given. The cards contain verses about mourning or from scripture; several contain poems signed "Whittier" and "W.G. Bryant." A few cards just say "in memoriam." All of the cards feature flowers. Also included is a booklet, "Gems for Eastertide," that is made up of Easter cards with sayings and verse appropriate for the day.

1 v. (12 p. + booklet laid in) : col. ill. ; 36 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6702068

Winterthur Library

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Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892

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John Greenleaf Whittier was a wildly popular New England poet. A deeply committed and active abolitionist, he wrote many of his poems with a political agenda, although distinguished by an open-minded tolerance so often lacking in his fellow abolitionists. Although his works are somewhat marred by overtly political and overly sentimental works, the core of his output stands as fine, lyrical American verse. From the description of John Greenleaf Whittier letters, 1858 and 1876. (Pennsy...

Bryant, W. G.

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L. Prang & Co.

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In the 1880s, L. Prang & Co. was commissioned by W.T. Walters to prepare 116 color plates for a book on his collection of oriental ceramics. It took three artists from the firm and nearly ten years to produce the chromolithographic plates. Five hundred copies of the book, Oriental Ceramics Art, were published in 1896. From the description of Proof book, 1891. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122555724 L. Prang & Co. made and published greeting cards for appr...