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View on the Hudson, near West Point, no. 1 Eglau ; H. Harring Chr
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Print shows a landscape view of a small homestead or farm with a view of the Hudson River through an opening in the trees. Four people have posed for the picture and two others are sitting off to the right, enjoying the view of the river.
B1146 U.S. Copyright Office.
Signed on stone on lower left: Eglau.
Signed on stone on lower right: H. Harring Chr.
Printed on lower right: On the Hudson near West Point.
Printed on lower right: Prang's Chromo Publishing House Boston Mass.
From the series: Prang's American Chromos : Six Views on the Hudson.
Label on verso with title and publication statements.
Publication date based on copyright statement on item.
Copyright number inscribed in pencil on verso: c. 1146B.
Copyright statement printed on lower left of recto and on label on verso.
Includes print-registration marks on all sides.
Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
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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