Image of a man seated in a brocade chair at an arched window raising a wine glass with a wine decanter visible on a table at left; the man is wearing a historical costume with a velvet jacket with slashed sleeves, square lace-trimmed collar, gold necklace, and large hat with feather; stonework surrounding the window has carved Bacchus heads and grape clusters; wooden barrels at center under a smaller stone arch; stone plaque panel on left reads, "Rhine wines: Deidesheimer, Laubenheimer, Niersteiner, Erbacher, Forster, Assmannshaeuser. Bordeaux wines: St. Julien, Margaux, Pontet Canet, Chateau Latour. Burgundy wines: Macon, Pommard." and stone plaque panel on right reads, "Sherries: Table Pale, Pale, Superior, Amontillado, Private Stock. Ports: Dry, Table, Old, Very Old. Brandies: A. Pellevoisin, A. Seignette, Jas. Hennessy & Co." "Copyright, 1880, C. Vowinkel & Co., Pittsburgh, Pa."--text, handwritten, bottom left of image. "M. Ulffers, Düsseldorf"--text, artist's signature on stone, bottom right of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 72.87 x 57.63 cm (28 11/16 x 22 11/16 in.)
Advertising--Beverages Advertising--Liquors Advertising--Wine Men--Pictorial works Whiskey Wine barrels--Pictorial works C. Vowinkel & Co Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Beverages Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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