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Symbolical centenary chart of American history / Brett Lithographing Co. 116 Fulton St. N.Y.
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Print shows a large chart comprised of 64 symbols representing events in American history, presented chronologically from 1492 to 1872, and 35 portraits of explorers, presidents, legislators, poets, journalists, generals, and other notable figures; includes a key (attached to bottom of chart) which explains each symbol and identifies the people in the portraits and provides notable facts about their lives.
E11172 U.S. Copyright Office.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by Julian Horain in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C.
Copyright stamps appear on upper left corners of both print and key.
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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