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Female bathers, no. 4 – Historic Print

Female bathers, no. 4, c1886. — antique lithograph
Female bathers, no. 4, c1886.. Antique lithograph from the Fine Art Prints collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare antique lithograph captures Female bathers, no. 4 in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Female bathers, no. 4

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Numbered fourth in its series, this chromolithograph shows a group of women bathing, a subject that appealed to late nineteenth-century buyers who wanted affordable color images for the home. Chicago publisher Kurz & Allison produced it around 1886, and the copyright entry in the record shows it was registered with the U.S. Copyright Office, which was a common step for commercial art of the period. Chromolithography built up a picture from many separate stone or plate impressions, each carrying one color, so the soft tints and layered shading are worth looking at closely. The Library of Congress holds the impression, which makes it a useful example of how mass-market color printing shaped popular taste.

Created / publishedc1886.
Medium1 print : chromolithograph.
GenreErotica 1880-1890.Chromolithographs 1880-1890.
Notes19826R U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Kurz & Allison, art publishers, Chicago, U.S.A. .
SubjectsNudes--1880-1890. Bathing--1880-1890. Women--1880-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,436 × 1,167 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-217223

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