Christopher Columbus. Discoverer of America – Historic 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.)
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This rare antique engraving captures Christopher Columbus. Discoverer of America in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Christopher Columbus. Discoverer of America
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Christopher Columbus, the Genoese navigator who sailed for Spain, is the subject of this engraved portrait, which was published in New York around 1892 by the firm of Bernard & Jones. The date is significant: 1892 marked the four-hundredth anniversary of Columbus's first voyage across the Atlantic, and American publishers produced a wave of commemorative prints, books and souvenirs that year. Engravings like this one were widely sold to households and schools, where they helped fix a heroic image of the explorer in the public mind. The print's title, "Discoverer of America," reflects the celebratory tone of the quadricentennial.
| Created / published | New York : Bernard & Jones, publishers, c1892. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Letter pictures 1890-1900.Portrait prints 1890-1900.Engravings 1890-1900. |
| Notes | 46092 U.S. Copyright Office. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,291 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-181756 |
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