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Landing of Columbus – Historic Reproduction

Landing of Columbus, [between 1860 and 1880] — antique lithograph
Landing of Columbus, [between 1860 and 1880]. Antique lithograph 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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This antique lithograph of Landing of Columbus brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Landing of Columbus

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Columbus's arrival in the Caribbean is staged here in a hand-colored lithograph, with Indigenous islanders shown in clothing the artist imagined for 1492. Dated between 1860 and 1880, it reflects how 19th-century American audiences pictured the voyage as a heroic discovery. Hand coloring was common in that era and made such prints affordable popular images. Worth noticing is how the scene packs the encounter into one dramatic moment, leaving out the longer history that followed.

Created / published[between 1860 and 1880]
Medium1 print : lithograph, hand-colored.
GenreLithographs Hand-colored 1860-1880.
SubjectsColumbus, Christopher--Journeys--Caribbean Area. Indians of the West Indies--Clothing & dress--Caribbean Area--1490-1500.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,090 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-109975

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