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Album of Printed Labels and Show Cards
Illustrated by: James Bogle (American, about 1817–1873)
Illustrated by: Joseph Foxcroft Cole (American, 1837–1892)
Printer: Prang & Mayer (American, active 1856–1860)
Printer: Louis Prang (American (born in Germany), 1823–1909)
Printer: Julius Mayer (American (Boston, Massachusetts), 19th century)
Illustrated by: Joseph Foxcroft Cole (American, 1837–1892)
Printer: Prang & Mayer (American, active 1856–1860)
Printer: Louis Prang (American (born in Germany), 1823–1909)
Printer: Julius Mayer (American (Boston, Massachusetts), 19th century)
1856–60
Place of Publication: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Medium/Technique
Album with multiple impressions of black-and-white and color lithographs
Dimensions
Overall: 44.8 x 34.5 x 2 cm (17 5/8 x 13 9/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Wrightson Christopher
Accession Number1989.276
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
Boston: Prang & Mayer [1856-1860]
Description(Boston: Prang & Mayer [1856-1860]) 44.8 cm; 45 ff. (some blank); original[?] half blue cloth, thick buff cardboard (cream-colored phase box).
Labels include examples for Burnett’s, Leavitt’s, Preston & Merrill’s extracts; textiles by Bates, Wamsutta, Amoskeag mills; Stanwood’s, Hunnewell’s spices; Ayer’s Pills; Francis Kidder’s inks, etc. Many works are signed "Prang & Mayer," though at the end of the album are items signed "L. Prang & Co." Prang worked in partnership with Mayer precisely in the years 1856 to 1860, then bought Mayer out.
Several plates toward the end of the album (a group of illustrations of table silver) are signed J. F. Cole (presumably Joseph Foxcroft); one is signed "J. F. A. Cole (a portrait); and one is signed by Bogle.
Labels include examples for Burnett’s, Leavitt’s, Preston & Merrill’s extracts; textiles by Bates, Wamsutta, Amoskeag mills; Stanwood’s, Hunnewell’s spices; Ayer’s Pills; Francis Kidder’s inks, etc. Many works are signed "Prang & Mayer," though at the end of the album are items signed "L. Prang & Co." Prang worked in partnership with Mayer precisely in the years 1856 to 1860, then bought Mayer out.
Several plates toward the end of the album (a group of illustrations of table silver) are signed J. F. Cole (presumably Joseph Foxcroft); one is signed "J. F. A. Cole (a portrait); and one is signed by Bogle.
Signed
In graphite, on upper cover: This book served me in canvassing the trade in Boston for orders during the years of 1856-60. Louis Prang
ProvenanceE. Wrightson Christopher, Boston [note]; 1989, given by Christoper to the MFA (Accession Date: September 27, 1989)
Note: The donor was the president of Rustcraft Publishers, a greeting card firm. He had collected Prang material from the 1930s to 1950. [see Louis Prang papers, Archives of American Art: http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/collection/pranloui.htm (accessed 9/29/2008)]
Note: The donor was the president of Rustcraft Publishers, a greeting card firm. He had collected Prang material from the 1930s to 1950. [see Louis Prang papers, Archives of American Art: http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/collection/pranloui.htm (accessed 9/29/2008)]