Images of Value: The Artwork Behind US Security Engraving 1830s-1980s - Couverture souple

Tomasko, Mark D.

 
9781605830674: Images of Value: The Artwork Behind US Security Engraving 1830s-1980s
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1605830674 ISBN 13 : 9781605830674
Editeur : Grolier Club of New York, 2017

Synopsis

By the 1860s, America had become the world leader in security engraving, a result of the antebellum banking system; and picture engraving was the key defense against counterfeiting. Published to accompany the eponymous exhibition held at the Grolier Club, this fully illustrated catalogue includes original works by American artists, such as F. O. C. Darley, Henry Inman, James D. Smillie, Walter Shirlaw, Alonzo E. Foringer, and others. Every medium is represented, from beautiful watercolor drawings to large allegorical oil paintings, each paired with the banknotes and securities on which the resulting engravings appeared. The frontispiece in each copy is an intaglio print of the vignette "Abundance," engraved by Robert Savage in 1927 from artwork by Alonzo E. Foringer. With a preface by William H. Gerdts.

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À propos de l'auteur

Mark D. Tomasko is a historian, collector, author, and researcher of banknote engraving.

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Éditeur
Grolier Club of New York
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1605830674
ISBN 13 
9781605830674
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
174
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Personne responsable
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