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Christopher Columbus, 1492-1892 – Antique Wall Art

Christopher Columbus, 1492-1892, c1892 Aug. 8. — historic print
Christopher Columbus, 1492-1892, c1892 Aug. 8.. Historic print from the Columbus collection.

(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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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Christopher Columbus, 1492-1892. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Christopher Columbus, 1492-1892

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Printed to mark the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's first Atlantic voyage, this piece carries the span "1492-1892" in its title. Copyright deposit records date it to August 1892, when American interest in the anniversary was building toward the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago the following year. The catalog credits the firm Girsch & Roehsler, but that attribution is marked as unverified, so the maker should be treated as provisional. The print is a useful reminder of how the anniversary was marketed and remembered in the early 1890s.

Created / publishedc1892 Aug. 8.
Medium1 print.
NotesX25643 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Girsch & Roehsler.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,111 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-112067

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