The library / Locke – Antique Wall Art
![The library / Locke, [192-] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/0f/0f02b1ea7430-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.)
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A window into the past: The library / Locke, preserved in this antique lithograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Charles Locke's lithograph, titled simply *The Library*, takes a quiet book-filled interior as its subject. The catalog dates it to the 1920s in brackets, meaning the year is estimated, and the record notes that its details come from an old caption card and have not been verified. Lithography, which works from a flat stone or plate using greasy ink, let artists produce small editions with the soft tones of a drawing, and it was a popular choice for scenes of reading and study in that period. Viewers may want to notice how the artist handles light, shadow and the rows of bound volumes.
| Created / published | [192-] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Notes | Lithograph by Charles Locke, 1899- . This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,102 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-176660 |
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