F. W. Devoe & Co., Colors & Varnishes (Advertisement)

1855–81

Not on view

This advertisement centers on the Horatio Street factory building of F. W. Devoe & Co., a New York paint manufacturer. A company catalogue of 1892 that is also in the collection (51.585.1) traces its origins to William Post, a painter and glazier who sold paints at 43 Water Street between 1755 and 1770. Later owners changed the name and moved their offices to Fulton Street in 1855, establishing the factory shown here. A post Civil War boom allowed a six story structure to be built at 110-112 Horatio Street in 1882-83. Then the neighborhood's largest building, it now houses apartments.

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Title: F. W. Devoe & Co., Colors & Varnishes (Advertisement)
Publisher: F. W. Devoe & Co. (American, 19th–20th centuries)
Printer: Joseph Laing & Co. (American, second half 19th century)
Date: 1855–81
Medium: Color lithograph
Dimensions: Sheet: 11 in. × 14 1/16 in. (28 × 35.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954
Object Number: 54.90.1705
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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