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

Tomasko, Mark D.

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Grolier Club of New York
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1605830674
• ISBN 13: 9781605830674
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 174
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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