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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

ca. 1887

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 191-200

GUSN

GUSN-199137

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Description

This vintage advertisement depicts a pretty maiden standing on a commercial factory scale. The floral painting on back is incomplete.

Details

Descriptive Terms

scales (weighing devices)
advertisements
prints (visual works)
chromolithographs
advertisements

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR194OVR

Physical Descrption

1 chromolithograph

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Reference Code

GC002.02.194

Image Dimensions

27 x 12 (HxW)(inches)

Record Details

Material Type

prints (visual works)
chromolithographs
advertisements

Restrictions

ends cracked, lower metal border missing, fragile

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 191-200

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