Art as image : prints and promotion in Cincinnati, Ohio / edited by Alice M. Cornell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cornell, Alice M., 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prints, American--Ohio--Cincinnati.

Prints, American.

Graphic arts--Ohio--Cincinnati--History.

Graphic arts.

Commercial art--Ohio--Cincinnati--History.

Commercial art.

History.

Ohio--Cincinnati.

Physical Description:

vii, 235 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Athens : Ohio University Press ; [Cincinnati] : In association with the University of Cincinnati Digital Press, [2001]

Summary:

Cincinnati was a major printing and publishing center from the earliest days of the Old Northwest Territory. The spectacular technological and artistic developments in the 19th-century printing trade nationally were reflected in the Cincinnati printmakers' achievements, many of which were promotional in nature.

Highlights of Cincinnati prints, printing, and graphic design are the focus of this book, which includes examinations of the work of The Strobridge Lithographing Company and its circus posters, the participation of the Smithsonian Institution in the Cincinnati Centennial Exhibition, a survey of Cincinnati printing and graphic design, an examination of early engraved Cincinnati views, Emil Klauprecht and the German-American influence in Cincinnati printing, lithographic portraits by Ehrgott & Forbriger, and the unique contributions of The United States Playing Card Company of Cincinnati.

This book is a unique collaboration between two of Ohio's university presses in providing a hardcover version of this important study along with access to the accompanying website devoted to faithful reproduction of the color images discussed within the book.

The total package is an illuminating and eclectic introduction to the varied and colorful history of Cincinnati printing.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Early Printing and Publishing in Cincinnati / Noel Martin 1

Chapter 2 Cincinnati as Seen by Some Early Engravers / Virginius C. Hall 26

Chapter 3 Emil Klauprecht

Ohio Valley German American / Richard F. Askren 57

Chapter 4 The Curious Case of the Hydra-Headed Stones: Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co.'s Civil War Portraits / Christopher W. Lane 72

Chapter 5 Promotional Playing Cards: From Sultans to Salesmen, 1300-1900 / Ronald Decker 108

Chapter 6 The Smithsonian in Cincinnati: Exhibiting Prints at the Ohio Valley Centennial Exposition, 1888 / Helena E. Wright 131

Chapter 7 Cincinnati Prints: A Checklist of Selected Materials in The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County / Judy Inwood, Sylvia V. Metzinger 166

A. Cincinnati Engravers, 1825-1860 191

B. Fliegende Blatter: A Checklist of Lithographs, 1846-1847 196

C. Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. Civil War Portraits 203

D. Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. Backgrounds 209

E. Artists and Publishers Represented in the Smithsonian's Graphic Arts Exhibit at the Ohio Valley Centennial Exposition, Cincinnati, 1888 214.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

082141335X

OCLC:

45661723