Old Shad & Young. (Adorator Stanni).

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• PUBLISHER: Published in Samuel Robinson, Philadelphia.

• MEDIUM: Chromolithograph,

  DATE: c.1851.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 5 1/4 x 8 1/4" (134 x 205 mm).

• DESCRIPTION: From Henry Stephen's "The Comic Natural History," in which Stephens caricatured prominent figures of the day, from entertainers to politicians. He also included "types" of people, ranging from the "Vampire," a sanctimonious religious moralist, to the "Wharf Rat." Lithography by (Louis) Rosenthal & (Peter) Kraemer. The Rosenthals, like other major lithographers in Philadelphia, experimented with chromolithography and won a prize for their work in this field at the 1851 exhibition at the Franklin Institute.

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• CONDITION: Good condition.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Caricatures and Satirical