Deacon Jones' one hoss shay, no. 2 / F.M. Haskell & Co. 30 Hanover St. Boston, Lith. – Historic Reproduction
(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.)
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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Deacon Jones' one hoss shay, no. 2 / F.M. Haskell & Co. 30 Hanover St. Boston, Lith.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Deacon Jones' one hoss shay, no. 2 / F.M. Haskell & Co. 30 Hanover St. Boston, Lith.
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Titled "Deacon Jones' one hoss shay," this color chromolithograph takes its premise from Oliver Wendell Holmes's 1858 comic poem "The Deacon's Masterpiece," about a carriage built to last exactly one hundred years that then falls apart all at once. Boston publishers issued the image around 1879, and the Library holds several impressions, with copyright entries under Warner and later under Piplar and White, Piplar & Co. in 1880. Its many stone-printed color layers were typical of chromolithography in the 1870s, a process that made popular comic sheets affordable for homes and shop windows.
| Created / published | Boston, Mass. : Published by J.F. Warner & Co., 28 Winter St., c1879 (Boston, Mass. : F.M. Haskell & Co., 30 Hanover St.) |
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| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Chromolithographs Color 1870-1880. |
| Notes | K15879; L5528; L2520 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. Library has three impressions, 1st impression copyright by Warner and 2nd and 3rd impressions copyright by Piplar. DLC First impresssion, copyright K15879: Copyright 1879, by M.J. Warner. Second impression, copyright L5528: White, Piplar & Co., lithographers. Copyright by Jas. H. Piplar. June 9, 1880 [inscribed in ink]. Published by White, Piplar & Co. 576 Washington St., Boston, Mass. At the bottom of this print, inscribed in ink: This is a Chromo. Third impression, copyright L2520: Copyright 1880 by James H. Piplar [inscribed in ink]. Published by White, Piplar & Co., Boston, Mass. [inscribed in ink]. On this impression the previous printer and publisher statements have been expunged and replaced with handwritten statements. |
| Subjects | Carriages & coaches--1870-1880. Clergy--1870-1880. Harness racing--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,207 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-146702 |
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