The Lovers Walk – Antique Print
(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
Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of The Lovers Walk. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
The Lovers Walk
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Titled simply *The lovers walk*, this hand-colored lithograph is one of the many courtship scenes Currier & Ives issued for a mass public in New York in the late nineteenth century. The firm sold its prints cheaply, and color was often applied by hand, with the work divided among several workers, so no two impressions match exactly. Sentimental pairs like this one, shown on a stroll together, gave Victorian buyers an image of romance they could hang at home or send to a sweetheart. The print is catalogued as number 4143 in Gale Research's *Currier & Ives: A catalog Raisonné*.
| Created / published | c. 1856-1907 |
|---|---|
| Medium | print, lithograph, hand-colored |
| Notes | New York: Currier & Ives |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,500 × 2,178 px · prints to 5 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-174894 |
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