Watercolor view over rooftops, trees and a distant white building – Vintage Photo Print
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This historic image of Watercolor view over rooftops, trees and a distant white building brings a moment of history to your wall. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Watercolor view over rooftops, trees and a distant white building
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A loose watercolor of rooftops and trees rises toward a single white building in the distance, with washes of color doing most of the work. The record does not name the town or the artist, so the scene is best read as a landscape of its period rather than a documented place. Its placement on a board devoted to Abraham Lincoln ties it loosely to his lifetime, when watercolor was a common medium for amateur and professional painters in the United States. Notice how the far building fades to a pale shape while the nearer roofs stay crisper, a common way painters of the era created depth with very little detail.
| Original scan | 734 × 966 px |
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| Reference | 19800v |
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