The contented gardener J.G. Vibert ; after J.G. Vibert, original in the possession of the publishers
Summary
Print shows a man holding two small flowers, admiring a large flower arrangement on a small table before him.
H10113 U.S. Copyright Office.
Printed on lower right: Copyright 1874 by L. Prang & Co. Boston.
Publication date based on copyright statement on item.
Title, publication statement, and copyright statement appear on "Prang's American Chromos" label mounted on verso.
Stamped on verso: Copyright Sep 3 1877.
Inscribed in pencil on verso: 10113Hp2s.
Includes print-registration marks at top and bottom.
From the series: "Prang's American Chromos".
Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography, introduced the subject of colored lithography in 1818. Printers in other countries, such as France and England, were also started producing color prints. The first American chromolithograph—a portrait of Reverend F. W. P. Greenwood—was created by William Sharp in 1840. Chromolithographs became so popular in American culture that the era has been labeled as "chromo civilization". During the Victorian times, chromolithographs populated children's and fine arts publications, as well as advertising art, in trade cards, labels, and posters. They were also used for advertisements, popular prints, and medical or scientific books.