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Sheet of specimens of embossed and printed tints
Benjamin Day (American, 1810 – 1889)
American
before 1892
Medium/Technique
Lithograph and printed tints on card stock, mounted to board
Dimensions
Mount: 45.6 × 35.5 cm (17 15/16 × 14 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Accession NumberM8477
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionThis object consists of printing samples mounted to mat board.
Upper specimen: Examples of embossed and printed tints
Lower specimen: Trade card for Day's Rapid Shading Mediums
Upper specimen: Examples of embossed and printed tints
Lower specimen: Trade card for Day's Rapid Shading Mediums
InscriptionsUpper speciman: Embossed and printed tints
Lower specimen: "Approved and used by the leading Lithographic Artists of the world" / Day's / Rapid Shading Mediums / for Shading and Perfecting Drawings / on Stone, Zinc, and Cardboard. / Autographic / Stippled, Grained, Lined / and / Embossed / Papers & Cardboards, / B.D.Enamelled & Linen Boards, / Pasting Tints &c. / Benjamin Day / No 2 West 14th St. / New-York.
Lower specimen: "Approved and used by the leading Lithographic Artists of the world" / Day's / Rapid Shading Mediums / for Shading and Perfecting Drawings / on Stone, Zinc, and Cardboard. / Autographic / Stippled, Grained, Lined / and / Embossed / Papers & Cardboards, / B.D.Enamelled & Linen Boards, / Pasting Tints &c. / Benjamin Day / No 2 West 14th St. / New-York.
Provenance1892, gift of Benjamin Day (b. 1810 - d. 1889), New York, to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: March 16, 1892)