Fisher girls proof book, 1871.

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Fisher girls proof book, 1871.

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Shows the color progression of a chromolithograph depicting two girls in a seaside setting. Background items include the ocean, sky, sailboat, and a basket with a fishnet hanging out of it. Each of the depictions contains annotations listing the colors as they were added and comments on them. The finished product is signed by H.A. Dieffenbach.

1 v. : col. ill. ; 48 cm.

Winterthur Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6702070

Winterthur Library

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Dieffenbach, H. A.,

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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...