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Print shows Pope Leo XIII holding out his robe labeled "Catholicism" and bowing to Columbia who politely returns the bow and declines the offer to shelter under his robe; behind Leo XIII is "St. Peters" at the "Vatican" and behind Columbia are buildings labeled "Public School" and "School".
Caption: His Holiness Dear Miss Columbia, won't you come under my robe? - you'll be so much more comfortable! - for further particulars, see my late encyclical. / Miss Columbia Much obliged, Pop; but I'm doing very well as I am!
Illus. from Puck, v. 36, no. 936, (1895 February 13), centerfold.
Copyright 1895 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
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.
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