Visual Materials

Subseries B. Prints and ephemera (large size)

Description: This series contains primarily lithographic art prints, large advertising prints, and proof sheets. A small number of original watercolors and other art considered for lithographic reproduction are also included.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1857-1911
Call number: priJLC_PRG
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.

Subseries A. Prints and ephemera (small size)

Visual Materials

This series contains a variety of materials including album cards, stock cards, trade cards, calendars, booklets, catalogs, greeting cards, proof books, sample books, clippings, book illustrations, and small-format art prints. Notable items include 12 issues of L. Prang & Co.'s in-house periodical publication Prang's Chromos from December 1867 to December 1871 (Box 9), and an art auction catalog from the American Art Association's 1892 sale of art from the Collection of L. Prang & Company of Boston (Box 7).

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Stock cards: people, large format (8 x 10 inches or smaller in size)

Visual Materials

The Jay T. Last collection of printing and publishing: Louis Prang archive contains over 3,600 items dating from 1858 to 1916, with the bulk of the items spanning from 1860 to 1897. This archive chronicles the business history of Boston lithographer Louis Prang through art prints, advertisements, printed volumes, and promotional ephemera produced by L. Prang & Co. and its successor companies: Prang Educational Company and Taber Prang Art Co. The archive also contains catalogs, certificates, price lists, business records and correspondence, personal letters and photographs, news clippings, and original art considered for lithographic reproduction. The collection provides a resource for studying the business and output of one of the most influential major lithographic firms in the United States in the 19th century. The images provide information about American tastes and culture as well as the evolution of advertising strategies in the 19th and early 20th centuries. As graphic materials, the prints offer evidence of developing techniques and trends in printmaking, and of the artists, lithographers, printers, and publishers involved in the creative process.

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General ephemera: 1888-1890, by date (8 x 10 inches or smaller in size)

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General ephemera: 1885-1888, by date (8 x 10 inches or smaller in size)

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General ephemera: 1858-1869, by date (8 x 10 inches or smaller in size)

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General ephemera: 1880-1884, by date (8 x 10 inches or smaller in size)

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Subseries B. Prints and ephemera (large size)

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Subseries A. Prints and ephemera (small size)

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