George Dewey Admiral U. SN! from a photo taken July 21 1899
Summary
Print shows Admiral George Dewey, bust portrait, facing slightly left, wearing military uniform with four stars on epaulets, and a hat.
46973 U.S. Copyright Office.
Attributed to W. Schmedtsen.
Copyrighted 1899 by C.D. Scott, Chicago.
Copyright number inscribed in pencil on verso.
Stamped on verso: Library of Congress Office of Register of Copyrights Sep. 4 1899.
Stamped on verso: One copy rec'd. Sep. 4 1899.
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.
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