Petford, Charles Edgar (sold)
Charles Edgar Petford (1854 - February 9, 1920), a.k.a. C. Edward Petford, was a Chicago-based artist, architect, and graphic designer active in the second half of the 19th century. Petford was born in London and lived his early years in Birmingham, England. He worked in England as a theater set and costume designer. Afterwards, he traveled extensively to India, South America, and England before emigrating to the United States and settling in Chicago in 1881. There he was a staff artist for the Chicago Tribune. In the 1880s he was a partner with William E. S. Trowbridge (1832 - 1920) in the graphic design firm 'Trowbridge and Petford'. Petford was arrested for polygamy in Malden, Massachusetts in 1907, where he apparently kept a second wife, in addition to his Chicago wife. Around 1915, in retirement, he moved to Norwich, Connecticut. There, he worked as a designer for the Davis Theater before he died of pneumonia.
'Cart-hog-graphy' at its best!
Nicknames of the States.
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A most ‘pignominious’ map, this is a scarce 1884 chromolithograph epitomizing the small but adored genre of pig-themed maps. This charming thematic map of the United States was issued on behalf of H.W. Hill and Company to promote their signature product - 'hog ringers', a sturdy porcine nose piercing meant to prevent instinctual rooting behavior. Although some geographical liberties have been taken, the map features humorous anthropomorphized pigs for each state representative of that state's nickname. For example, North Carolina, known as the 'Tar Heel State' features a pig stirring a vat of tar. In California, the 'gold state', a pig works a mine with pick and shovel. Some nicknames remain in use today, like Knickerbocker for New York, while others are less than complimentary and have long fallen out of fashion. Missouri, for example, is here identified as the 'Puke State' with the representational pig vigorously vomiting. All the pigs depicted wear the distinctive H. W. Hill Hog Ringer. (more details)