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"How happy could I be with either" after J.G. Brown by John Gast ; H. Bencke, Chromo. Lith. N
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Print shows a young boy sitting on a tree stump, pondering his future happiness with either of two young girls standing behind him.
B2874 U.S. Copyright Office.
Alternate title from attached label.
Includes print-registration marks on all sides and color bar on the left indicating that at least 16 stones were used.
Entered according to act of Congress by J. Snedecor in the year 1871, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
From attached label: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by John Snedecor, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
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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