The king of the house – Historic Reproduction
(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 The king of the house brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The king of the house
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Titled *The King of the House*, this hand-colored lithograph makes a young child the ruler of the family, a playful reversal that gives the picture its humor. It was published in New York around 1875 by Currier & Ives, a firm that did more than most to make inexpensive pictorial prints a common feature of American homes. Its appeal rested on sentimental scenes of domestic life and childhood, priced low enough for ordinary middle-class households. The hand coloring, often done by workers in assembly-line fashion, is part of what made each sheet look like a small painting.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1875. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Lithographs Hand-colored 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3599 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,166 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-174837 |
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