Scene on the Canal – Vintage Wall Art
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Description
Step back in time with Scene on the Canal, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Scene on the Canal
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The title points to a waterway, and in Virginia that usually means one of the canals cut in the late 1700s and 1800s to carry goods around rapids and falls. The James River and Kanawha Canal near Richmond, begun in the 1780s with George Washington among its early backers, was built to move flour, tobacco and coal between the piedmont and the coast. Canal scenes like this one often show the working life of the towpath: mules or horses pulling boats, lock keepers, and warehouses along the banks. The record does not name the specific canal or date, so the view is best read as a glimpse of that trade and the way of life it supported.
| Original scan | 2,022 × 2,113 px · prints to 7 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 80 VA Canal Scene Richmond |
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