Bicycling / Hy Sandham ; aquarelle print by L. Prang & Co. – Historic Reproduction
(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 Bicycling / Hy Sandham ; aquarelle print by L. Prang & Co.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Bicycling / Hy Sandham ; aquarelle print by L. Prang & Co.
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*Bicycling*, issued by L. Prang & Co. of Boston around 1887, is one of the firm's color aquarelles, which were lithographs designed to resemble watercolor washes, and it was drawn by the illustrator Hy Sandham. It dates from the early years of the American bicycle craze, when riding had become a fashionable pastime and machines were shifting from the tall front-wheeled ordinary toward the safety bicycle with chain drive and wheels of equal size. Prang's color prints reached a broad middle-class public, so the stylish dress and leisure setting show as much about the period's habits as the machines do.
| Created / published | c1887. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : color. |
| Genre | Prints Color 1880-1890. |
| Subjects | Bicycles & tricycles--United States--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,147 × 1,456 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217075 |
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