1961.0080 Box Label
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Label (Chromolithograph)

  • Title:

    Box label for "SHAKERS' GENUINE/ Vegetable & Flower/ SEEDS,/ FROM/ MOUNT LEBANON,/ COLUMBIA COUNTY, N.Y."

  • Category:

    Prints and Maps

  • Creator (Role):

    Shakers (Publisher)

    Cosack & Co. (Lithographer)

  • Place of Origin:

    Buffalo, Erie, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1870-1890

  • Materials:

    Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

  • Techniques:

    Lithography, Hand colored, Painted

  • Museum Object Number:

    1961.0080


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Object Number

1961.0080

Object Name

Label (Chromolithograph)

Title

Box label for "SHAKERS' GENUINE/ Vegetable & Flower/ SEEDS,/ FROM/ MOUNT LEBANON,/ COLUMBIA COUNTY, N.Y."

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Shakers (Publisher)

Cosack & Co. (Lithographer)
1866-1883
At some point the company seems to have been named: Clay, Cosack & Co., Buffalo and Chicago.

Place of Origin

Buffalo, Erie, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1870-1890

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Upper center; SHAKERS' GENUINE Vegetable & Flower SEEDS, FROM MOUNT LEBANON, COLUMBIA COUNTY, N.Y.
2. Inscription; Center right; COSACK & CO. LITH. BUFFALO, N.Y.

Subjects

Advertisement; Still life; Shaker

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

11.2 (H) , 23.1 (W) , 11 (Image H) , 22.8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

28.5 (H) , 58.6 (W) , 11 (Image H) , 22.8 (Image W)

Publisher Summary

Shakers

Place of Publication

Mount Lebanon, Columbia County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States

Watermark

none

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
Published: no. 365, p. 504.
[Book] Gerdts, William H. 1981 Painters of the Humble Truth: Masterpieces of American Still Life 1801 - 1939.

[Book] Gerdts, William H. & Burke, Russell. 1971 American Still-Life Painting.