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Images of value : the artwork behind US security engraving, 1830s-1980s / Mark D. Tomasko; preface by William H. Gerdts.
- Title
- Images of value : the artwork behind US security engraving, 1830s-1980s / Mark D. Tomasko; preface by William H. Gerdts.
- Author
- Tomasko, Mark D.
- Publication
- New York : The Grolier Club, 2017.
- ©2016
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- Description
- 173 pages : illustrations (some color); 28 cm
- Summary
- America became the world leader in security engraving by the 1860s, a result of the antebellum banking system; and picture engraving was the key defense against counterfeiting. Original works by American artists such as F. O. C. Darley, Henry Inman, James D. Smillie, Walter Shirlaw, Alonzo E. Foringer and others are represented in every medium, from beautiful watercolor drawings to large allegorical oil paintings, paired with the bank notes 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.00Exhibition: Grolier Club, New York, USA (22.02.-29.04.2017).
- Alternative Title
- Artwork behind US security engraving, 1830s-1980s
- Subject
- 1800-1999
- Bank notes
- Bank notes > United States > History > 19th century > Exhibitions
- Bank notes > United States > History > 20th century > Exhibitions
- Darley, Felix Octavius Carr 1822-1888
- Inman, Henry 1801-1846
- Paper money design
- Paper money design > United States > 19th century > Exhibitions
- Paper money design > United States > 20th century > Exhibitions
- Shirlaw, Walter 1838-1909
- Smillie, James David 1833-1909
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Exhibition catalogs
- History
- Note
- "Catalogue of an exhibition at The Grolier Club February 22-April 29, 2017" -- Title page verso.
- "Typeset in Didot types from the Hoefler Type Foundry, with Chevalier initials for display. Printed on Cougar Opaque paper. Designed by Jerry Kelly" -- Colophon.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-167) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 9781605830674
- 1605830674
- OCLC
- 972877871
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library