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Printing example of illuminated capital letters, no. 2, as produced by Louis Prang, Boston, Mass., undated

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Location Note

Ephemera: Trade Cards and Advertisements: Printing: Etching and Engraving (Greg Smart)

GUSN

GUSN-195580

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Description

Example of illuminated capital letters (A-H), engraved and published by L. Prang and Company.

Details

Descriptive Terms

engraving (printing process)
illuminated manuscripts
capital letters
printing (process)
illustration (process)

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000702
AccessID 926
Other identifier HNEDID-000702

Physical Description

1 illustration

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.094.02.01.002

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

L. Prang & Co. (Publisher)

Material Type

illustration (process)

Other People

Prang, Louis, 1824-1909

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Ephemera: Trade Cards and Advertisements: Printing: Etching and Engraving (Greg Smart)

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