Object Number 1974.0147.103

Object Name

Print (Lithograph)

Title

ADOLPHUS MEIER & CO./ ST. LOUIS, MO.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Charles van Ravenswaay

Creator (Role)

Leopold Gast & Brother (Lithographer)
c.1850-c.1866
Leopold Gast, with his brother August, emigrated from Germany shortly after 1848. After working in New York City and Pittsburgh, they settled in St. Louis in 1852. In 1866 Leopold left the firm, which was thereafter known as August Gast & Co. By 1883 the firm was one of the largest lithographic houses in the West.

Republican Steam Press Printer (Publisher)
c.1854

Place of Origin

St. Louis, Missouri, Midwest, United States, North America

Date

1854-1854

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower center, beneath image; L. Gast & Bro. lith.

Subjects

Building view

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography

Dimensions (inches)

5.2 (H) , 7.6 (W) , 3.9 (Image H) , 7.1 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

13.2 (H) , 19.2 (W) , 3.9 (Image H) , 7.1 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Overall measurements do not include mounting paper.

Publisher Summary

Republican Steam Press Printer

Publication Date

1854

Place of Publication

St. Louis, Missouri, Midwest, United States, North America

Watermark

unknown

Edition Notes

First published in the Missouri Republican. Later published in John Hogan's "Thoughts about the City of St. Louis; Her Commerce and Manufactures, Railroads, &c." (St. Louis, Missouri: Republican Steam Press Printer, 1854). This print was opposite page 55.

Object Description

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