Prang's Prize Babies. How This Picture is Made. An Outline of the Process of Chromolithography in General, Illustrated by Progressive Proofs of "The Prize Babies," A Picture Which, for its Sentiment and its Artistic Merit, Has Been Most Favorably Received in America and Europe
Publisher Louis Prang & Co. American
After Ida Waugh American
Not on view
"The Prize Babies" was L. Prang & Co.'s most successful art print of 1888, based on a small painting by Ida Waugh. Introductory text in this volume describes chromolithography, followed by thirty-eight plates printed from nineteen lithographic stones. We are shown each color used in proof prints placed opposite the progressively developing print. The volume was a limited edition awarded to the company's most successful salesmen and saleswomen. In December 1888 Prang placed advertisements in several American periodicals letting prospective buyers know that "The Prize Babies" print was available from booksellers for $1.00 in a plain mat, or $2.00 in a large mat hand-painted with daisies (gift books offered by the company in 1888 were priced between $1.00 and $3.00 and a Christmas card of this image sold for 50 cents).
