Important 1868 Vermont Patent Medicine Broadside

Price: 750.

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This is a one of the best pieces of American lithographic advertising out there. It was published by one of the master printing houses, Forbes & Co. Lithography, Boston in 1868. W.A. King was the illustrator. This colored piece is artistically very detailed regarding their product Balm of Gilead, a healing plaster from various trees of the Vermont region. The producer was M K Paine, Windsor Vermont.. This piece is in the Library of Congress. The graphics are fantastic. This broadside measures 22"W X 27"H. The image itself is 14 1/2"W X 19 1/2"H