Misty night, Danbury – Historic Reproduction
![Misty night, Danbury, [ca. 1943] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/23/23ff04d65c0a-L.webp)
(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.)
Description
Step back in time with Misty night, Danbury, an antique lithograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Misty night, Danbury
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Danbury, Connecticut, a small city known historically for its hat-making industry, is the subject of this lithograph, with its streets softened into a damp, hazy night. Martin Lewis, the Australian-born American printmaker, made his name with urban nocturnes in which rain, fog, and lamplight turn ordinary streets into atmospheric studies of light and shadow. The print is signed in pencil by the artist, and its date of about 1943 comes from a caption card, so it is not fully verified. Lewis's interest in quiet, overlooked corners of American towns is worth keeping in mind when looking at it.
| Created / published | [ca. 1943] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Notes | Lithograph by Martin Lewis, 1882-1962. Title from dealer's invoice. Signed in pencil. Pennell Fund. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Art. Works. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,137 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-158220 |
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