Image of a progressive proof book showing the color ink layers for a print of a girl standing in a forest wearing a flower crown and leaning against a rocky outcropping; she holds a hat in her hands.
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.
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Image of a group of soldiers manning a cannon on a rocky outcropping overlooking New River in West Virginia during the American Civil War; a log cabin in a wooded forest area next to the river bank visible in background below.
Image of a group of soldiers lounging near a fire and in various states of repose on a rocky outcropping overlooking New River in West Virginia during the American Civil War; rifles with bayonets stacked against each other upright near seated men; river flowing through a forest landscape visible in background below.
Image of a man in work clothes and a straw hat wheeling a little girl in a wheelbarrow past a low stone wall through a flower garden in an advertisement for Crosman Brothers of Rochester, New York; girl holds a straw hat full of flowers in her lap; stately home with fountain, statute and trees in background.