Twenty Three Coats of Arms on One Sheet by Boston Public Library, Louis Prang

Page of national coats of arms and emblems during the late nineteenth century (ca. 1890-1897, as shown by the emblem of brazil as a republic, not an empire). This is an early test print (it includes registration marks and a color test area at bottom); the color test area would presumably be replaced by a caption during a production print run. First row: argentina, netherlands, spain, brazil second row: costa rica, el salvador, united states of america, mexico, italy third row: portugal, belgium, russia, france (pseudo coat of arms), chile fourth row: austrian empire, denmark, united kingdom, norway, sweden fifth row: greece, persia (iran), prussia (royal), prussia (imperial) the emblems of what the artist or designer probably considered to be the major world powers (us, russia, uk) are shown in the center of the three middle rows of the chart. File name: 07_11_001243 title: twenty three coats of arms on one sheet creator/contributor: l. Prang & co. (publisher) date issued: 1861-1897 (approximate) copyright date: physical description note: genre: chromolithographs; advertisements notes: title supplied by cataloger. Location: boston public library, print department rights: no known restrictions flickr data on 2011-08-04: camera: sinar ag sinarback 54 fw, sinar m license: cc by 2. 0 user: boston public library bpl. Date: between 1890 and 1897.