The Phœnix of prosperity / Keppler., Political Cartoon
Summary
Illustration shows a female figure labeled "Prosperity" holding a cornucopia labeled "Legitimate Business" overflowing with coins and papers labeled "Increased exports, Good crop reports, Higher wages, Larger R.R. earnings, [and] Trade ascendancy"; she is rising from the flames of "Watered stocks, Wildcat schemes, Mad speculation, Undigested securities, False values, [and] Overcapitalization".
Illus. in: Puck, v. 54, no. 1379 (1903 August 5), centerfold.
Copyright 1903 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.
Tags
Date
Contributors
Source
Copyright info