Leo XIII. Born March 2d 1810. Elected Febr. 20th 1878. Gioachimo sic Pecci. Authentic portrait from the Vatican album of the Ecumenical Council
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Print showing Gioacchino Vincenzo Pecci, Pope Leo XIII, three-quarter length portrait, seated on throne, facing front, with right hand raised, wearing papal robes and tiara.
I2975 U.S. Copyright Office.
Entered according to Act of Congress at Washington, D.C. Feb. 1878 by the National Bureau of Engraving, Philadelphia, 435 Chestnut St.
Copyright deposit stamp in lower right corner.
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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