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The starting point of the great war between the states
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Print shows a crowd gathered in front of the capitol building at Montgomery, Alabama, at the time of the announcement of Jefferson Davis as the first President of the Confederate States of America; also shown with Davis are "Alex. H. Stephens, Vice-President, Wm. L. Yancey, Leader of the Secession Party, [and] Howell Cobb, President of the Senate."
Caption continues: Inauguration of Jefferson Davis as President of the Confederate States of America, at Montgomery, Alabama, February 18, 1861.
Painted by James Massalon from a photograph taken on the spot, and owned by Col. Wm. C. Howell, of Prattville, Autuga County, Alabama. Size of painting 5 feet 2 inches x 6 feet 2 inches - copyrighted. Then chromoed from said painting by Strobridge & Co., of Cincinnati, Ohio. Any infringement upon the copyright of this chromo will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1878, by Wm. Howell and James Massalon, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C.
Exhibited: "The Civil War in America" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2012-2013.
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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