Trade Card for George Mann & Co., Ltd., Offset Printers
Medium
Commercial lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 in. × 11 3/16 in. (20.3 × 28.4 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ephemera
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
Accession Number
66.630.15
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant world of early 20th-century British advertising with this charming *Trade Card for George Mann & Co.,., Offset Printers*1910). Produced anonymously by a British artist active in the 19th century, this modest yet striking commercial lithograph measures just 8 × 11 3/16 inches. Trade cards like this were the business cards of their era—colorful, collectible promotional items distributed by companies to showcase their wares and woo customers. Here, George Mann & Co specialists in offset printing, cleverly advertises their own expertise, turning a simple card into a testament...