The pic nic on the fourth of July A day to be remembered" / painted by Lilly M. Spencer ; engraved by Saml. Hollyer & J. Rogers." – 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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The pic nic on the fourth of July A day to be remembered" / painted by Lilly M. Spencer ; engraved by Saml. Hollyer & J. Rogers." comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The pic nic on the fourth of July A day to be remembered" / painted by Lilly M. Spencer ; engraved by Saml. Hollyer & J. Rogers."
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Spencer's painting of a Fourth of July picnic, engraved by Samuel Hollyer and J. Rogers, shows a family holiday outing, and the subject list also includes servants, which places household labor within the leisure scene. Lilly Martin Spencer was one of the best-known American women painters of the nineteenth century, and her domestic genre scenes reached wide audiences through prints like this one. H. Peters and P. & J. Levy published the engraving in New York in the mid-1860s, with copyright entered in 1864, during the Civil War. Prints such as this brought sentimental family scenes into middle-class homes.
| Created / published | New York : Published by H. Peters & P. & J. Levy, 1866, c1864 (Printed by H. Peters) |
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| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Engravings 1860-1870. |
| Notes | From the original picture in the possession of the publishers. Entered according to act of Congress A.D. 1864 by the New York Engraving, Printing & Publishing Co. in the clerks office of the district court of the southern district of New York. Exhibited: Preserving the past; exhibit loan 4131-L. Proof. |
| Subjects | Fourth of July--1860-1870. Picnics--1860-1870. Families--1860-1870. Servants--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,692 × 3,816 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220287 |
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