[Interior view of L. J. Levy & Co.’s Dry Goods Store, Chestnut St., Phila.], ca. 1857. Watercolor. Courtesy of the Print & Picture Collection, Free Library of Philadelphia.

 

Lithographers could draw an original design directly on the stone or base their piece on an existing artwork. This watercolor study, probably by Max Rosenthal, is used as the basis for the advertisement displayed in Section V. It was “drawn on stone” by the artist and printed about 1857 by his brother Louis N. Rosenthal.

 

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