Printed in imitation of irisé, or rainbow paper. The design is based on a horizontal figure, roughly hexagonal outlined in green. Vertical panels are formed by the arrangement of these figures vertically, the centers of one column of hexagonals being yellow and the adjoining hexagonals having lavender centers. The design is rendered in wavy foliate outlines. Printed in yellow, lavender, green, light green and dark green on a white ground.
Credit: Gift of Cyrus W. Mace through kindness of Joseph Holton Jones
1825
Block printed on paper
1948-91-1
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