Father's Grave – Antique Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
A window into the past: Father's Grave, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Order it framed and ready to hang, or unframed to match a frame you already love. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Father's Grave
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A grave marked as a father's resting place is a deeply personal subject, and this picture turns a single headstone into a record of family grief and remembrance. Photographs of individual graves were common from the mid-1800s onward, when families often kept images of a loved one's burial site as a way to stay connected to it, especially when relatives lived far away. Such pictures often reveal the stone's inscription, the plot's upkeep, and the surrounding landscape, all of which show how families of the period honored their dead. Look closely at the setting and the care taken with the marker, which together say as much about the family as about the man buried there.
| Original scan | 7,161 × 8,949 px · prints to 24 × 30 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 02665u |
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