Part of a set of six cards that demonstrate the color- or chromo-lithography technique, with each main scene in the card depicting a different stage in the process. Each step adds two additional colors to this particular portrait of Justus von Liebig, whose Liebig Meat Extract business is being promoted in these cards.
Bibliography:
Waxman, Nahum Nahum (nach) Waxman Collection of Food and Culinary Trade Cards.
Cite As:
Nahum (Nach) Waxman Collection of Food and Culinary Trade Cards, #8573. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.