Thursday, November 6, 2014

1857 - Anaglyptography Sells Seeds for Gerney & Algeier, Seedsmen

Here's the rub...I can't show you much here.  But it is worth taking a look at and the links are below!! Since I can't post the image (see below where to view it) here is a sample of anaglyptography.  It is a section of the Australian outback from 1839 :-)


Cool, huh?!

Three Expeditions Into the Interior of Eastern Australia 1839 


First, visit the Library Company of Philadelphia's web site to view a very interesting trade card. The card is from Gerney & Algeier, seedsmen & florists, 69 Chestnut St., Philadelphia - c. 1857.
Besides being early, this card has another  feature that makes it stand out - the process by which it was produced - anaglyptography.

Then go to Richard Scheaff's great ephemera site to read about the process and view more examples.

He defines anaglyptography  "as “the art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; — used in representing coins, bas-reliefs, etc.”  In point of fact, the process has also been used for portraits, frames, and other dimensional objects. 


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