Creator(s)	Winn, S. A. (Susanna Augusta), -1935, artist.
Contributor(s)	L. Prang & Co., lithographer.
Title	[The prize piggies]
Link to library catalog	http://catalog.bostonathenaeum.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=474285
Date created	[1891]
Publishing details	[Boston : L. Prang & Co.,]
Physical Description	1 print on paper : chromolithograph ; image 20.4 x 42.4 cm. (sight)
Wall Label	During the course of Louis Prang’s career, his firm produced nearly 800 chromolithographic art reproductions. There was a “chromo” for every customer: genre scenes, landscapes, portraits, and still-lifes. Some of these were art reproductions such as The North Woods and An Old Man’s Reminiscences (both on view in this room), but playful pictures of farm animals and children were extremely popular in the agrarian society of nineteenth-century America. The Prize Piggies was said to be the most popular picture of 1891. In response to high demand, a second edition was produced and offered with a frame resembling a pig pen, a trough, and a shingled roof. The framer’s monogram can be seen in the lower left corner of the print.
Summary	A picture of five small pigs in a pigsty looking out of a framed barn window.
Notes	Housed in an unusual original oak frame designed to look like a barn with a roof and a trough under the picture of the pigs. Portion of label on frame verso reads: "This frame designed for / Prang's Prize Pigs / Rochester, N.Y." An original monogram in the shape of a saw is inscribed in brown ink lower left corner of image. Exhibited in "Chromo-Mania! The Art of Chromolithography in Boston, 1840-1910." held at the Boston Athenaeum, September 28, 2012 - January 12, 2013. Checklist #48.
Local notes	Purchased with income from the Charles E. Mason, Jr. Print Fund; October 2010; #2010.27.
Reference	The chromolithographs of Louis Prang by Katharine Morrison McClinton, p. 176, repro. p. 178.
Subject	Animals--Pictorial works. Picture frames and framing--United States--Specimens. Swine--Pictorial works.
Genre terms	Chromolithographs--United States--1890-1900.
Link to Exhibit Page	http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/chromo-mania-the-art-of-chromolithography-in-boston-1840-1910
Location/Call number	Prints and Photographs Dept. (Appointment required) C URU P.1891
Source	Prize piggies.tif
Rights	Collection of the Boston Athenaeum. May not be reproduced or quoted without written permission. For more information, see http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/node/46