Victorian greeting cards-prints-ephemera, Chromolithographs, 1880-1910.

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Victorian greeting cards-prints-ephemera, Chromolithographs, 1880-1910.

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A group of examples from this prominent American color lithographer including a wide variety of greeting cards expressing common Victorian themes.

1 box; 5 framed prints; 7 mounted prints.

Temple University Libraries, Paley Library

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Temple University Libraries, Paley Library

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Prang, Louis, 1824-1909

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Louis Prang was born in Germany where took an active part in the Revolution of 1848. After emigrating to the U.S. Prang served as a mapper during the Civil War and transferred these skill to the business of printingg and lithography. Prang became an innovator in the printing and packaging of greeting cards, and also became interested in art education. From the description of Papers, 1871-1971. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122477111 Louis Prang (1824-190...

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...