Base ball / Aquarelle print by L. Prang & Co. – Vintage Wall Art
(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 Base ball / Aquarelle print by L. Prang & Co., a historic print rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Base ball / Aquarelle print by L. Prang & Co.
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Louis Prang & Co., a Boston firm famous for chromolithographs, produced this 1887 aquarelle print of baseball, a subject that was still finding its place in American popular imagery. Prang's shop turned out color prints of sports, seasonal scenes and patriotic themes for a wide middle-class market, and its work was known for imitating watercolor, the "aquarelle" effect named on the title. Baseball prints from this period often show players in action and crowds on the field, offering a snapshot of how the game was pictured when it was still the national pastime in the making. Look closely at the layered color and soft washes, which show how much hand-finishing went into these multi-stone lithographs.
| Created / published | 1887 |
|---|---|
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,066 × 1,500 px · prints to 7 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1 |
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