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[Proof sheet for Prang's natural history series: pink family and lily family.]

Description: Image of a proof sheet of 24 album cards of flowers from Prang's Natural History Series; issued in two sets of 12 cards; each card lists the name for each kind of pink or lily along with the months it blooms.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1872
Call number: priJLC_PRG_002123
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last Collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the Louis Prang archive was transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Associated people: Allen, Grace Barton. (1823-1903.); Anderson, Sophie, (1815-1885.); Ansdell, Richard, (1822-1898.); Bartholomew, William N. (1842-); Bensell, Edmund Birckhead, (1830-1902.); Bierstadt, Albert, (1837-1908.); Bleischwitz, J. (1834-1923.); Bonsall, M. W. (1831-1913.); Borsigian, B. H. (1850-1936.); Bricher, Alfred Thompson, (1817-1907.); Bridges, Fidelia, (1842-1924.); Brown, John George, (1816-1890.); Brown, Matilda. (1489?-1534.); Brownscombe, Jennie Augusta, (1853-1894.); Bruith, A. (1832-1895.); Callowhill, James. (1822-1895.); Callowhill, Sidney. (1819-1914.); Chamberlin, Grace M. (1796-1886.); Champney, Benjamin, (1824 or 1825-1896.); Church, Frederick S. (1838-1874.); Comins, Elizabeth B. (-1900.); Coomans, J. (1850-1913.); Correggio, (1811-1894.); Cruickshank, W. (1828-1901.); Davidson, Julian Oliver, (1829-1908.); De Haas, Mauritz Frederik Hendrik, (1859-1952.); Dougal, William H., (1824-1906.); Duffield, Mary Elizabeth, (1864-1931.); Durand, A. B. (1832-1920.); Edmonds, S. C. (1861-1929.); Eglau, (1839-1908.); Fausel, D. (1802-1873.); Ferguson, H. A. (1855-1911.); Field, L. B. (1813-1886.); Fisher, Ellen T. (active 1857-1875.); Fortuny, Mariano, (1840-1901.); Gifford, John, (1854-1913.); Girardet, Eugene. (1853-1921.); Granbery, V. (1840-1902.); Harlow, Louis K. (1837-1898.); Harring, W. (1851-1919.); Hart, James McDougal, (1842-1935.); Hart, Mary Theresa. (1854-1932.); Hatfield (1850-); Hill, Thomas, (1782 or 1783-1841.); Hills, Laura Coombs, (1849-1924.); Johnson, Eastman, (-1929.); Jourdain, Henri, (1857-1926.); Key, John Ross, (1861-1945.); Klein, Catharina, (1829-1906.); Knobel, Edward, (1819-1905.); Landseer, Edwin, (1848-1930.); Lautenberger, Ferd. (1847-1915.); Lee, J. (1808-1887.); Longpré, Paul de, (1840-1902.); Marecek, Frank J. (1839-1923.); Mazzanovich, J. (1846-1919.); Metz, Aug. C. (1844-1919.); Meyer, A. C. (1852-1923.); Meyer, Johann Georg,; Moore, Nina,; Moradei, Arturo,; Moser, James Henry,; Murphy, John Francis,; Nast, Thomas,; Niles, George E.,; Nowak, E.,; Nowell, Annie C.; Ochtman, Leonard.; Palmer, Walter Launt,; Parker, Elizabeth F.; Parsons, A. Wilde.; Penniman, John Ritto,; Pilule.; Pope, Alexander,; Post, May Audubon,; Rebholtz, WIlliam.; Rhead, Louis,; Rigby, Burnham.; Rigolot, A.; Robinson, Will S.,; Ryan, C.; Sandorff, G.; Schroeder, Friedrich; Stone, Benjamin Bellows Grant,; Stumm, Maud.; Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliam,; Thulstrup, Thure de,; Turner, Ross,; Tyler, James G.; Wyngaerdt, A. J. van; Vibert, J. G.; Wagner, E.; Wagner, K.; Waugh, Ida,; Welch, Thaddeus,; Wells, Newton A.; Whitney, Olive E.
Associated organizations: Annin & Smith.; Bee Publishing Co.; C.C. Corbett & Co.; J.E. Purdy & Co. (Boston, Mass.); L. Prang & Co.; Lamson, Wolffe & Co.; National Bank Note Company.; Prang Company.; Prang Educational Company.; Scientific Pub. Co. (New York, N.Y.); Taber Prang Art Co.
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