This porcineograph / The Forbes Lith. Mfg. Co., Boston. – Historic Print
(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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Step back in time with This porcineograph / The Forbes Lith. Mfg. Co., Boston., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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This porcineograph / The Forbes Lith. Mfg. Co., Boston.
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Few prints of the 1870s are as single-mindedly devoted to livestock as this color lithograph, which puts the hog at the center of the sheet. Printed by the Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company of Boston, it belongs to a category of commercial images that celebrated swine, likely for breeders and agricultural promoters. Pork was a staple of the American diet in this period, and hog raising was a significant business, so the print reflects the food economy of its day. Its U.S. copyright notation shows that such advertising images were registered and protected as they circulated.
| Created / published | c1876. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Lithographs Color 1870-1880. |
| Notes | 611G U.S. Copyright Office. |
| Subjects | Swine--United States--1870-1880. Food--United States--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,766 × 4,638 px · prints to 13 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220812 |
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