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Huntington Library Louis Prang Collection: Finding Aid http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8pz5fjt No online items Huntington Library Louis Prang Collection: Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Charla DelaCuadra. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Prints and Ephemera The Huntington Library 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2191 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org © 2017 The Huntington Library. All rights reserved. Huntington Library Louis Prang priHHC_PRG 1 Collection: Finding Aid Overview of the Collection Title: Huntington Library Louis Prang Collection Dates (inclusive): 1860-1917 Bulk dates: 1860-1897 Collection Number: priHHC_PRG Extent: approximately 150 items Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Prints and Ephemera 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2191 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org Abstract: The Huntington Library Louis Prang Collection contains over 150 items dating from 1860 to 1917, with the bulk of the items spanning from 1860 to 1897. This artificial collection intellectually brings together the Library's holdings of items produced by and related to Boston lithographer Louis Prang. Contents include books and booklets, art prints, printer's proof books and sample books, maps, and a variety of ephemera made and sometimes used by L. Prang & Co. as well as its successors, Prang Educational Company and Taber Prang Art Co. Language: English Note: Finding aid last updated on July 31, 2019. Access Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services. Publication Rights The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher. Preferred Citation [Item title, Call number]. Louis Prang Collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Provenance The Huntington Library Louis Prang collection is an artificial collection of materials. A finding aid was created in 2017 to enhance access to the Huntington's varied materials created by and related to Boston lithographer Louis Prang. Background of Louis Prang Louis Prang (1824-1909) was a printer, lithographer, and publisher who is sometimes referred to as the “father of the American Christmas card.” He introduced holiday greeting cards to America, developed and promoted the year-round tradition of exchanging cards, and became the key producer of American greeting cards for decades. Prang was born in Breslau in Prussian Silesia. As a teen, he apprenticed in his father’s fabric printing and dyeing factory. After arriving in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1850 and finding few opportunities for textile printers, he worked as an engraver and a lithographer. In 1856 he formed a partnership with Julius Mayer as Prang & Mayer, producing business cards, scenic views, and advertising posters. Prang founded his own firm in 1860, L. Prang & Co., and made it one of the most significant American color lithographic establishments of the 19th century. L. Prang & Co. printed maps, battle scenes, and military portraits during the Civil War. In 1866 the firm introduced color picture cards in sets, and chromolithographs of fine art paintings that sold briskly. By December 1867 Prang had launched a quarterly periodical called Prang’s Chromo, A Journal of Popular Art, to promote and sell his prints. The publication ran until 1871, helping L. Prang & Co. become known for the artistic and technical quality of their "chromos." Prang continued to expand his product line, adding greeting cards in 1874. They sold so well that in 1881 he printed almost 5 million cards. Prang also achieved success producing botanical and natural history lithographs as decorative prints, cards, and book illustrations for such titles as Selmar Hess’s Our Living World and Prang’s own Natural History Series for Children. Also around this time, 1882, he started the Prang Educational Company, publishers of books on art education. Then in 1897 Prang produced his pinnacle achievement, Oriental Ceramic Art. This catalogue, comprising ten large folios, features 116 chromolithographs of vases and other decorative objects from The W. T. Walters Collection. It is a benchmark work in Huntington Library Louis Prang priHHC_PRG 2 Collection: Finding Aid lithographic quality and scope, with each plate requiring from 20 to 44 separate lithographic stones to print. In 1898, L. Prang & Co. became the Taber Prang Art Company and relocated to Springfield, Massachusetts. Louis Prang retired from active business in 1899 and passed away in Los Angeles on June 14, 1909, but the companies he founded lived on. In 1912, the Prang Educational Company changed its name to the Prang Company, and the Taber Prang Art Co. continued operations until 1937. Scope and Content The Huntington Library Louis Prang Collection contains over 150 items dating from 1860 to 1917, with the bulk of the items spanning from 1860 to 1897. This artificial collection intellectually brings together the Library's holdings of items produced by and related to Boston lithographer Louis Prang. Contents include books and booklets, art prints, printer's proof books and sample books, maps, and a variety of ephemera Made and sometimes used by L. Prang & Co. as well as its successors, Prang Educational Company and Taber Prang Art Co. 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. • Diana Korzenik Collection of Art Education Books and Ephemera • Jay T. Last Collection of Printing and Publishing: Louis Prang Archive Arrangement Materials are broadly divided into seven series: Series I. Books and booklets Series II. Catalogs Series III. Ephemera Series IV. Maps Series V. Prints Series VI. Proof books Series VII. Sample books Items in all series except Prints (Series V) have been cataloged individually in the Huntington Online Catalog; prints in Series V have been assigned individual call numbers and are fully inventoried with printers, artists, and publishers indexed by name. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog. Genres Advertisements. Catalogs. Chromolithographs. Ephemera. Ephemera -- United States -- 19th century. Lithographs. Printed ephemera. Proofs. Promotional materials. Subjects L. Prang & Co. Lithography. Printing industry. Printer, Publisher, Artist Index The following is a list of selected printers, publishers, and artists represented in this collection. Babcock, L. A. Biele, C. Bricher, Alfred Thompson, 1837-1908. Bridges, Fidelia, 1834-1923. Brown, George Loring, 1814-1889. Huntington Library Louis Prang priHHC_PRG 3 Collection: Finding Aid Granbery, V. Harlow, Louis K. (Louis Kinney), 1850-1913. Hess, Selmar, 1847-1917. Johnson, Eastman, 1824-1906. L. Prang & Co. Lamb, F. Mortimer (Frederick Mortimer), 1861-1936. Lambdin, George Cochran, 1830-1896. Niles, George E., 1837-1898. Prang Company. Prang Educational Company. Prang, Louis, 1824-1909. Taber Prang Art Co. Series I. Books and booklets approximately 1860-1904 Physical Description: 57 items Arrangement Items are arranged numerically by call number, and are described in the following format: Author. Title. (Publishing location: Publisher, Year) These volumes also have individual records in the Huntington Online Catalog. A link to the record for each item is included. 4537 Meehan, Thomas, 1826-1901 The native flowers and ferns of the United States in their botanical, horticultural and popular aspects / by Thomas Meehan ... Series [I]-II (Boston : L. Prang, [1878-80]) Click here to view catalog record. 180653 Falke, Jacob von, 1825-1897 Art in the house : historical, critical, and aesthetical studies on the decoration and furnishing of the dwelling / by Jakob von Falke ... (Boston : L. Prang and Co., 1879) Click here to view catalog record. 266705 Chace, George Ide, 1808-1885 Boston mining company, Nevada gold district, Colorado Territory : Geological survey & report / by Prof. Geo. I. Chace (Boston : Lith. of L. Prang & Co., [1860?n]) Click here to view catalog record. 278324 Harlow, Louis K. (Louis Kinney), 1850-1913 The home of Shakespeare / after water color sketches by Louis K. Harlow (Boston : L. Prang, c1888) Click here to view catalog record. 286038 Cheney, Ednah Dow, 1824-1904. Louisa May Alcott, the children's friend / By Ednah D. Cheney. Illustrated by Lizbeth B. Comins (Boston : L. Prang & Company, [1888]) Click here to view catalog record. Huntington Library Louis Prang priHHC_PRG 4 Collection: Finding Aid Series I. Books and booklets approximately 1860-1904 286079 Prang Company The Prang souvenir of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the House of L. Prang and company, held at Turn Hall, Boston, Dec. 25, 1881 / Issued by the Committee (Boston, Alfred Mudge, 1882) Click here to view catalog record. 299302 L. Prang & Co. Prang's standard alphabets (Boston : L. Prang & Co., c1878) Click here to view catalog record. 299302 ANAL L. Prang & Co. State arms of the Union / the arms of the states of the Union have been prepared with the assistance of Mr. H. Mitchell, the well-known heraldic designer and seal engraver of Boston
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