[Ephemera] SOUTHDOWN. Original Tobacco Caddy Crate Label: Maclin-Zimmer-McGill Tobacco Co. Incorporated. Petersburg, VA U.S.A.
by A. Hoen & Co
- Used
- Fine
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Langley, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Richmond, VA:: A. Hoen,, ND [1890].. First printing. Fine. Fine original color printed lithograph (Chromolithograph)- unmarked but presumed by A. Hoen & Company in Richmond c. 1890. (26.5 x 26.5 cm) Standing Black-faced Southdown Ram in pastoral setting. Trio of Southdown Ewes in background. Imaged surrounded by red and black French lines. Maclin-Zimmer-McGill Tobacco Co. Incorporated. Petersburg, VA U.S.A. The Baltimore firm of A. Hoen & Company excelled in color printing due to the revolutionary methods of color blending developed, and then patented by German-born printer August Hoen. A. Hoen & Co. moved to Richmond in the 1860s, and continued under the direction of his brother Ernest and printed American advertising prints and labels for a variety of sources. Known for their bold, graphic designs printed in fine gradations of color created by blending as many as seven colors on the lithographic stone, the prints created by the Hoen & Company are hallmark in mid nineteenth century color printing in America. single sheet
Details
- Bookseller
- Lowry-James Rare Prints & Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7102
- Title
- [Ephemera] SOUTHDOWN. Original Tobacco Caddy Crate Label
- Author
- A. Hoen & Co
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing
- Publisher
- A. Hoen,
- Place of Publication
- Richmond, VA:
- Date Published
- ND [1890].
- Keywords
- chromolithograph american trade signs; Original Tobacco Caddy Crate Label Southdown, black-faced sheep A. Hoen & Company Richmond printers A. Hoen & Co. Art, Print
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