Image of a fireworks advertisement by Sanderson & Lanergan from Boston, Massachusetts. Central image is of a winged man in armor (possibly a reference to Archangel St. Michael), holding up a flaming scepter and wearing a crown while radiating in air. He points with his right arm towards six small vignettes of radiating female angels in various poses. Title is decorative with intricate scrollwork. “Pyrotechnists, Etna Laboratory South Fifth Street, East Cambridge. Exhibitions Furnished at Short Notice. All articles in the Trade at Wholesale & Retail. Holden & Cutter, Agents, Nos. 15 & 17 Kilby Street, Boston.”--text, bottom portion of print. “Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1851 by Sanderson & Lanergan in the Clerks Office of the District Court of Mass." --text, center bottom margin. "J .H. Bufford’s Lith. Boston." --text, center image margin. "Foster" --text, in stone on left corner of image. Engraver possibly: Foster, Henry W. from Boston; Foster, John R. from Boston, or another artist. "Library of Congress. 1851." --text, in pencil on verso.
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1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 76.2 x 52.71 cm (30 x 20 3/4 in.)
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