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American Agriculturist
American
1866
Medium/Technique
Photolithograph, Osborne's process
Dimensions
Sheet: 24.3 × 15.3 cm (9 9/16 × 6 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of John Walter Osborne
Accession NumberM6894
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionReduced reproduction of the title page of the December 1866 issue of "American Agriculturist for the Farm, Garden, and Household" (volume 25, number 12).
This was the first specimen made in the Brooklyn works of the American Photolithography Company, on December 14, 1866, "after woodcut and type."
This was the first specimen made in the Brooklyn works of the American Photolithography Company, on December 14, 1866, "after woodcut and type."
Marks
Verso, stamped in purple: The Gift of J. W. Osborne
InscriptionsLower left, in graphite: First Photol. _ First Osb. pc. in Brooklyn. Dec. 14 / 66
Provenance1889, gift of John Walter Osborne (b. 1828 - d. 1902), Washington D.C., to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: October 9, 1889)