Prang's Progressive Proofs

1895

Louis Prang

Associated Names
Louis Prang

Artist, American, 1824 - 1909

The image shows the cover of a book. The cover is a dark brown fabric with distressed black spine and corner edges. Printed in gold lettering, it reads "Prang's Progressive Proofs, Collection William T. Walters, 1895." The book appears aged with signs of wear, especially along the edges and corners, indicating long term use or storage.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume with twenty-eight monochromatic lithographs and thirty chromolithographs

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (closed): 39.05 × 29.85 × 2.54 cm (15 3/8 × 11 3/4 × 1 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.143.1423

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Henry Walters, Baltimore, Maryland; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1899; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1896

  • Bushell, Stephen W. Oriental Ceramic Art, Illustrated by Examples from the Collection of W. T. Walters 1. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896, pl. 11, fig. 2.

Inscriptions

upper center endpaper in black ink: To The Corcoran Gallery of Art / Washington D.C. / With Compliments of / Henry Walters, / Baltimore

Markings

stamped center cover in gilt lettering: Prang's Progressive Proofs, / Collection William T. Walters, / 1895.

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