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Philadelphia on Stone: The First Fifty Years of Commercial Lithography, 1828-1878

This exhibition explores the history of 19th-century Philadelphia lithography and its impact on contemporary visual culture. Philadelphia on Stone explicates the history and process of lithography, documents the professional and personal lives of premier and journeymen lithographers, and includes lithographs from the collections of the Library Company and several other institutions whose collections were surveyed. In addition, the works of contemporary lithographers Kip Deeds and Roberta Delaney are on display to represent the continuing influence of this trade on the printed arts.

The Library Company is pleased to acknowledge generous funding of the Philadelphia on Stone project from the William Penn Foundation.

Philadelphia on Stone is an Independent Project of Philagrafika 2010, Philadelphia’s international festival celebrating print in contemporary art. Click here to learn more.

Above image: Christian Schussele, Chromo lithography (Philadelphia: P.S. Duval, 1850). Chromolithograph. Library Company of Philadelphia

Friday, September 24, 2010
Reception at 5:30 p.m., program at 6:00

Gary B. Nash, professor of history and director of the National Center for History in the Schools at UCLA will discuss his new book The Liberty Bell.  Nash reveals how this voiceless bell continues to speak volumes about our nation. This event is cosponsored by the American Philosophical Society and will take place at Benjamin Franklin Hall, 427 Chestnut Street.  Please RSVP on the following website: http://www.amphilsoc.org/ or call: 215-440-3400.

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CONFERENCE: Friday, October 15, 2010

Representations of Economy:
Lithography from 1820-1860

Click here for more information and to register online.

Sponsored by the Library Company’s Program
in Early American Economy and Society and the
Visual Culture Program.