Beauty--Manufactured by R. Wilson & Co., Cincinnati, O. / lith. of Strobridge & Co., Cin. O. – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Beauty--Manufactured by R. Wilson & Co., Cincinnati, O. / lith. of Strobridge & Co., Cin. O. comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Beauty--Manufactured by R. Wilson & Co., Cincinnati, O. / lith. of Strobridge & Co., Cin. O.
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Rather than a named sitter, this chromolithograph presents "Beauty" as an idealized young girl, with the title doing much of the work. Printed around 1869 by Strobridge & Co. of Cincinnati for R. Wilson & Co., it was made as a tobacco package label, a form that put bright, eye-catching figures on everyday goods. Cincinnati was a major lithography center at the time, and its firms produced such labels in large numbers. Its subject headings pair the girl with cosmetics, a reminder of how advertisers traded on the promise of beauty.
| Created / published | c1869. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Advertisements 1860-1870.Lithographs Color 1860-1870.Tobacco package labels 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Copyright by R. Wilson & Co. |
| Subjects | Girls--1860-1870. Cosmetics--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,135 × 1,444 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218982 |
More from the Family Life collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
