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Sheet of Four Botanical Plates for The American Vegetable Practice
1841
Place of Creation: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Medium/Technique
Chromoithograph
Credit Line
Gift of Louis Prang
Accession NumberM5791
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionAn uncut sheet of four plates prepared for: Morris Mattson, The American Vegetable Practice, or, A New and Improved Guide to Health, Designed for the Use of Families (Boston: Published by Daniel L. Hale, 1841).
Mattson's book was the first in the United States, and possibly anywhere, to be illustrated with chromolithographs.
Mattson's book was the first in the United States, and possibly anywhere, to be illustrated with chromolithographs.
Signed
In stone, at lower left: Miss. C. Neagus
InscriptionsUpper left quadrant:
In stone, at lower center: Cleavers. Gallium Asprellum.
In stone, at lower left: Miss. C. Neagus del:
In stone, at lower right: Sharp, Michelin & Co. 17 Tremont Row.
Upper right quadrant:
In stone, at lower center: Balmony. Chelone Glabra.
In stone, at lower left: Miss. C. Neagus del:
In stone, at lower right: Sharp, Michelin & Co. 17 Tremont Row.
Lower left quadrant:
In stone, at lower center: Slippery Elm. Ulmus Fulva.
In stone, at lower left: Miss. C. Neagus del.
In stone, at lower right: Sharp, Michelin & Co. 17 Tremont Row.
Lower right quadrant:
In stone, at lower center: Marsh Rosemary. Statice Caroliniana.
In stone, at lower left: Miss. C. Neagus del.
In stone, at lower right: Sharp, Michelin & Co. 17 Tremont Row.
In stone, at lower center: Cleavers. Gallium Asprellum.
In stone, at lower left: Miss. C. Neagus del:
In stone, at lower right: Sharp, Michelin & Co. 17 Tremont Row.
Upper right quadrant:
In stone, at lower center: Balmony. Chelone Glabra.
In stone, at lower left: Miss. C. Neagus del:
In stone, at lower right: Sharp, Michelin & Co. 17 Tremont Row.
Lower left quadrant:
In stone, at lower center: Slippery Elm. Ulmus Fulva.
In stone, at lower left: Miss. C. Neagus del.
In stone, at lower right: Sharp, Michelin & Co. 17 Tremont Row.
Lower right quadrant:
In stone, at lower center: Marsh Rosemary. Statice Caroliniana.
In stone, at lower left: Miss. C. Neagus del.
In stone, at lower right: Sharp, Michelin & Co. 17 Tremont Row.
ProvenancePDP Register entry: Date acquired, 9/26/1888