Trade Card for Demorest's Family Magazine, "Mrs. Harrison's Superb Painting of Orchids," 1892

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Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Trade card

Date Made

1892

Subject Date

1892

Place of Creation

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

69.145.243

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Printing (Process)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 2.75 in (in shape of a top hat)
Width: 3 in (in shape of a top hat)

Inscriptions

front: SEE OTHER SIDE back: A GIFT BEYOND PRICE. / THE ONLY PICTURE EVER PAINTED BY A PRESIDENT'S WIFE [FOR] TH[E] PUBLIC. / MRS. HARRISON'S SUPERB PAINTING OF ORCHIDS, Executed in the White House, from an Orchid grown in the White house. Presented FREE with the October Number of DEMOREST'S FAMILY MAGAZINE, which has the honor of being the medium through which this picture is offered to the mothers, wives, and daughters of America, to whom it is lovingly dedicated. Mrs. Harrison's painting has been reproduced in the highest style of art, of the same size as the original (11 1/2 x 15 inches), and is an absolutely perfect counterpart in every particular, to the faintest tint of color, even to the peculiar texture of porcelain upon which the original is painted. With each copy of DEMOREST'S MAGAZINE for October (price 20 cts.) one of these wonderful reproductions of "A WHITE HOUSE ORCHID," painted by the President's Wife, will be presented free. / FOR SALE BY ALL BOOKSELLERS AND NEWSDEALERS.