Central Park Views. The terrace and lake H.A.F. 68 ; after oil painting by H.A. Ferguson, N.Y
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5981 U.S. Copyright Office.
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Title, publication statement, and copyright statement appear on "Prang's American Chromos" label mounted on verso.
Inscribed in pencil on label on verso: 5981.
From the series: "Prang's American Chromos".
Printed and inscribed in pencil on label on verso: Library of Congress, United States of America. Chap. 31, Shelf Box A.I. Copyright No. 5981.
Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
The City History Collection. Predominantly Manhattan Views.
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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