The Art of Making Money Plenty by E. B. & E. C. Kellogg
date: label: date made
content: 1843-1852
name: label: distributor
content: Needham, D.
label: depicted
content: Franklin, Benjamin
label: maker
content: E. B. & E. C. Kellogg
notes: label: Description
content: This hand colored print is a small oval portrait of Benjamin Franklin with a “rhebus,” where pictures are used to represent various sounds and words to explain as well as illustrate <i>The art of making money plenty in every man's pocket by Doctor Franklin.</i> Franklin (1706-1790), the American statesman, Founding Father and inventor, adopted a philosophy of self-improvement that espoused 13 virtues including frugality, industry and moderation.
label: Description
content: This print was produced by the lithographic firm E.B. & E.C. Kellogg. Edmund Burke Kellogg (1809-1872) and Elijah Chapman Kellogg (1811-1881) were brothers of the founder of the Kellogg lithography firm, Daniel Wright Kellogg (1807-1874). After D.W. Kellogg moved west, his two brothers took over the family lithography firm in 1840 and changed the name to E.B. & E.C. Kellogg. The younger two of the four Kellogg brothers, they were responsible for the continued success of the family firm. These two brothers were also involved in the eventual partnerships between the company and Horace Thayer in 1845 or 1846, John Chenevard Comstock (1818-1862) in 1848 and William Henry Bulkeley (1840-1902) in 1867.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Hartford
topic: label: Subject
content: Drinking
label: Subject
content: Economy
label: Subject
content: Games
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Peters Prints
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content: Morality & Religious Prints
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Peters, Harry T.. America on Stone
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.2532
label: catalog number
content: 60.2532
label: accession number
content: 228146
label: maker number
content: 187
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 12 in x 9 in; 30.48 cm x 22.86 cm