Yellowstone Lake / TM ; Prang's American Chromos. – Vintage Print
(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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Step back in time with Yellowstone Lake / TM ; Prang's American Chromos., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Yellowstone Lake / TM ; Prang's American Chromos.
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Yellowstone Lake, a high mountain lake in the park's southern reaches, is the subject here, with a rainbow arching over the water and rocks along the shore. L. Prang & Co., the Boston firm known for chromolithographs, issued the print around 1875 as part of its American Chromos series. Each color in these multistone prints required its own lithographic stone, so the work was labor-intensive. Yellowstone had been set aside as the first national park only a few years earlier, in 1872, and images like this carried its scenery to viewers who would never make the trip.
| Created / published | c1875. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Landscape prints 1870-1880.Chromolithographs 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Copyright by L. Prang & Co. |
| Subjects | Lakes & ponds--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880. Rainbows--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880. Rocks--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880. Yellowstone Lake (Wyo.) |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,058 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-118279 |
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