#louis prang and co

[oncanvas]

Junonia Orithyia from The Butterflies and Moths of America Part 1, Louis Prang & Co., 1860

Lithograph 4 ⅛ x 2 ⅜ in. (10.4 x 6.1 cm)

[kecobe]

Prang Christmas Card, 1884 Chromolithograph (printer’s proof) Publisher: L. Prang & Co. (Boston, Mass.) The New York Public Library, Print Collection

[bm2ab]

Crowd Scenes . 04 November 2024 . Battle of Spotsylvania Court House . Thure de Thulstrup 1887

Credit: Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division Original Author: Thure de Thulstrup, artist; L. Prang & Co., publisher Created: 1887 Medium: Chromolithograph Publisher: Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division

An 1887 chromolithograph by well-known contemporary illustrator Thure de Thulstrup depicts a bayonet charge by Union forces during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. That bloody battle took place in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, over the course of nearly two weeks in May 1864, and resulted in more than 18,000 dead, wounded, captured, or missing Union soldiers, and more than 12,000 casualties on the Confederate side. During the fighting, a young West Point–educated Union colonel named Emory Upton concluded that attacking the Confederates' well-constructed earth-and-log works required a new mode of attack. Rather than advancing in long lines of infantry that halted in the open in order to exchange fire with a well-protected enemy behind earthworks, Upton argued for storming columns that never stopped to open fire, but instead advanced right up to the earthworks, engaging the enemy with the bayonet. He tested his new tactics as part of an all-out attack on the evening of May 10; its initial success impressed the Union commander Ulysses S. Grant, who duplicated the maneuver on a larger scale.

Thulstrip was a Swedish-born artist and magazine illustrator who specialized in military scenes. The print was published by L. Prang and Company in Boston, Massachusetts, a firm known for producing scenes from the Civil War, and for pioneering the sale of Christmas cards in the United States. The owner of the company, Louis Prang—a native of Prussia who emigrated to Boston in 1850–-has been referred to as the "father of the American Christmas card."

[arthistoryanimalia]

Today is #GroundhogDay (US), #MarmotDay (Alaska), and #HedgehogDay (Europe), so here is one of each!

1 Groundhog (Marmota monax)

Woodchuck - Arctomys monax* E.K. / L. Prang & Co., 1874 1 print : color lithograph ; sheet 35 x 27.3 cm. Library of Congress *same species; alternate common name and older scientific name

2 Hoary Marmot (Marmota caligata)

HOARY MARMOT, or WHISTLER / Marmota caligata p. 535 in Wild animals of North America, intimate studies of big and little creatures of the mammal kingdom by Edward William Nelson, 1918; illustration by Louis Agassiz Fuertes Biodiversity Heritage Library

3 European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)

Hedgehog and Young Plate I in British land mammals and their habits by Alexander Nicol Simpson, 1911; illustration by C. F. Newall Internet Archive

[tarotdeana]

El simbolismo de la Naturaleza: Mariposa

El significado de la mariposa varía de cultura a cultura, como sucede con la mayoría de los símbolos.

Generalmente, la mariposa es símbolo de transformación e inmortalidad, transmite la belleza que surge después de la muerte tras la aparente corrupción del cuerpo. Esto es debido a la metamorfosis que sufre para pasar de oruga a mariposa. Por esto es que es símbolo de renacimiento y resurrección.

En el mundo griego, la mariposa simboliza el alma; en China y en Japón es alegría e inmortalidad. En el arte chino, el significado de la mariposa puede cambiar según los elementos que le rodeen. Por ejemplo, en combinación con el ciruelo simboliza larga vida; dos mariposas juntas significan un matrimonio feliz.

Contrario a los significados que ya se han dado, en el arte cristiano la mariposa es ligereza e inconsistencia. Como está se precipita en el fuego atraída por la brillante luz emanada, muere rápidamente consumida. Así mismo sucede a los seres humanos que eligen la perdición por sobre el camino hacia Dios. Por supuesto que no por ello deja de relacionarse con la resurrección, pues surge de la crisálida y asciende a los cielos como lo hizo Cristo.

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Lee mitos griegos aquí.

Lee mitos coreanos aquí.

Lee mitos japoneses aquí.

Imágenes:

"Butterflies Flying above Clouds", por Migishi Kotaro, 1934

"Naturaleza muerta con duraznos y mariposas", por Jan Mortel, 1683

"Actia Virgo de Mariposas y Polillas de América Pt. 5", por Louis Prang & Co, 1862

"Chica con mariposa", por Gh. Panaiteanu Bardarsare, 1816/1900

[heaveninawildflower]

1) Junonia Orithyia

2) Arctia Virgo

3) Papilio Erithonius

4) The Dark Veinlet

5) The Yellow Swallow Tail

6) The Black Swallow Tail

7) The Sulphur Peacock Moth

8) The Painted Lady

9) The Senitorial Dryocampa

10) Callithea Sapphira

Cards from the series ‘The Butterflies and Moths of America’ (1860) by Louis Prang & Co. (Boston, Massachusetts).

Images and text information courtesy The Met.

[wonder-rooms]

No. 307 (1887) - Louis Kinney Harlow

[books0977]

Prang & Co.’s Holiday Publications (1896). Louis. J. Rhead (American, 1858-1926). Poster.

L. Prang & Company was arguably the most influential and prolific publisher of American chromolithographs in the 19th century. What began as a firm specializing in album prints for collectors soon turned into one which produced not only full-color copies of famous paintings and popular war maps, but also an in-house magazine, Prang's Chromo: A Journal of Popular Art. For the holidays, the company always issued greeting cards, which were certainly among the offerings promoted in this poster. This is possibly the last advertisement made for L. Prang & Co., as it was bought out the following year.

[antoniettabrandeisova]

Floral, François Rivoire, (French, 1842-1919)

Published by Louis Prang & Co.

[florealegiardini]

Gladiolus, Ellen T. Fisher, published by Louis Prang & Co.

[oncanvas]

The Painted Lady from The Butterflies and Moths of America Part 2, Louis Prang & Co., 1862

Lithograph 4 ⅛ x 2 ⅜ in. (10.4 x 6.1 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY, USA

[kecobe]

Prang Christmas Card, 1884 Chromolithograph (printer’s proof) Publisher: L. Prang & Co. (Boston, Mass.) The New York Public Library, Print Collection

[arthistorydaily]

Tiger Moth from the Butterflies and Moths of America series, Louis Prang & Co, USA, 1862–69

Met Museum New York

Provenance: donated by Jefferson R. Burdick

Sheet: 4 in. × 2 1/2 in. (10.2 × 6.4 cm)

[harvard-art-museums-prints]

Abraham Lincoln, Louis Prang & Co. Publishers, 1865, Harvard Art Museums: Prints

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/250082

[thechildrensmuseum]

Merry... Christmas? In the late 19th century (still the early days for Christmas cards) many cards actually didn’t feature traditional Christmas imagery. This seaside themed card was made by the Louis Prang Co. in 1881.

[waltersartmuseum]

Art of the Day: Severn Ware Jug

This jug is representative of aesthetic movement pieces popular among American middle-class consumers in the 1880s and 1890s, at a time when Arts and Crafts style home-furnishings were reaching a broader audience. The color of the jug is subdued, created by the mixture of local clays used, rather than a glaze. The gold and silver raised decoration takes the form of a Japanese inspired motif, typical for aesthetic movement decorative arts of this period. The decorating was done by hand at the company, typically by female workers trained at the Maryland Institute School of Design in Baltimore. D.F. Haynes and Co. introduced this kind of Severn Ware in 1885. Using local clays from in and around Baltimore it also produced several other colors of stoneware, each marketed under a name that emphasized their Maryland origins, including Arundel, Calvertine, and Avalon (this last in reference to an estate of Lord Baltimore’s). Of special interest is the attribution of this design to James Callowhill (1838–1917), one of the Callowhills who worked on the watercolors of William T. Walters’ Asian ceramics, which were turned into fine lithographs by Louis Prang under the title Oriental Ceramic Art in 1897. James’ stay at the Chesapeake Pottery Company (as it was then named) was short, spanning just two years (1885 to 1887). Learn more about this object in our art site: http://bit.ly/2oO50KS