Fairbank's cherubs--Presented with the compliments of N.K. Fairbank & Co., lard refiners, Chicago & St. Louis – Historic Reproduction
![Fairbank's cherubs--Presented with the compliments of N.K. Fairbank & Co., lard refiners, Chicago & St. Louis, [ca. 1890] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e7/e7a70d1ae8e8-L.webp)
(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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A window into the past: Fairbank's cherubs--Presented with the compliments of N.K. Fairbank & Co., lard refiners, Chicago & St. Louis, preserved in this antique lithograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Fairbank's cherubs--Presented with the compliments of N.K. Fairbank & Co., lard refiners, Chicago & St. Louis
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Few advertisements of the period paired sacred imagery with pork products as openly as this color lithograph, which shows a company's name beside a group of cherubs and swine. It was issued by N.K. Fairbank & Co., a lard refining firm with operations in Chicago and St. Louis, and its wording, "Presented with the compliments of," marks it as a keepsake handed to customers and business contacts. Color lithographed trade cards like this were a common way for manufacturers to reach households in the 1890s, and the copyright notation shows the design was registered for protection. The mix of angels and livestock is worth noticing as an example of how commercial artists borrowed freely from familiar pictorial traditions.
| Created / published | [ca. 1890] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Advertisements 1890.Lithographs Color 1890. |
| Notes | 15175 U.S. Copyright office. |
| Subjects | Swine--1890. Angels--1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,447 × 1,157 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216663 |
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