Looking at sunshine – Vintage Print
![Looking at sunshine, [19--] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/07/07052c09c5d3-L.webp)
(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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Looking at sunshine. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Looking at sunshine
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Pencil-signed by hand, this lithograph is titled *Looking at Sunshine*, and its title is the most direct clue to its mood, though the record does not say who drew it or when. Lithography, in which an image is drawn with greasy crayon on stone or metal and printed on paper, was widely used by American artists from the early 1800s onward, and an artist's pencil signature on a print usually indicates approval of the impression. The Library of Congress acquired the sheet by purchase through the Pennell Fund, and it is listed in Karen F. Beall's 1970 catalog of American prints in the library's collection.
| Created / published | [19--] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph ; 26 x 32.6 cm. |
| Notes | Signed in pencil. DLC Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by Karen F. Beall... Baltimore : John Hopkins Press, 1970, p. 131. Purchase; Pennell fund. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,192 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-171123 |
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