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Ship Owners and Merchant Tug Boat Company

Emmanuel Wyttenbach American, born Switzerland
Publisher H. S. Crocker & Co. American
after 1882
Not on view
Chromolithographs became common a decade or so after the end of the Civil War and commercial advertising encouraged the expansion of the technique. This small-scale poster printed by one of the earliest and most successful San Francisco publishers promotes the Ship Owners & Merchants Tug Boat Company, featuring the firm’s capabilities, the names of its acting directors, and its boats with their trademark red funnel with black tops.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Ship Owners and Merchant Tug Boat Company
  • Artist: Emmanuel Wyttenbach (American, born Bern, Switzerland, active California, 1857–94)
  • Publisher: H. S. Crocker & Co. (San Francisco, California)
  • Date: after 1882
  • Medium: Lithograph
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 14 3/16 × 11 1/4 in. (36.1 × 28.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1948
  • Object Number: 48.120.258
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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