[The faithful shepherds] / A.F. Tait, N.Y. [18]97. – Antique Print
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(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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This antique lithograph of [The faithful shepherds] / A.F. Tait, N.Y. [18]97. brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[The faithful shepherds] / A.F. Tait, N.Y. [18]97.
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Tait's title, "The Faithful Shepherds," puts the dogs at the center of the scene, with the flock as the reason for their watch. Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait was an English-born painter who spent much of his career in America and became known for sentimental pictures of farm animals, sporting dogs and rural life. This color lithograph was issued in New York and printed by the Gray Lithographing Company, one of the firms that made affordable chromolithographs for middle-class homes in the early 1900s. Prints like this were often sold as decorative pieces, so they show how popular taste valued animals as symbols of loyalty and domestic virtue.
| Created / published | c1902. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Lithographs Color 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Copyright by Gray Lith. Co., N.Y. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,454 × 1,160 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216711 |
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