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The Stride of a century – Vintage Wall Art

The Stride of a century, New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1876. — antique lithograph
The Stride of a century, New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1876.. Antique lithograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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Few nineteenth-century prints tie a national personification so directly to a single anniversary as this Currier & Ives lithograph does. Its central figure is Brother Jonathan, the homespun symbol of the American people that the firm's artists returned to often, and the sheet is linked to the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876, held to mark a hundred years since independence. The title, *The Stride of a Century*, suggests a nation covering a hundred years in one long step, a boast typical of the centennial year. Currier & Ives sold such sheets cheaply to a broad public, so the print also shows how popular lithography carried national pride into ordinary homes.

Created / publishedNew York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1876.
Medium1 print : lithograph.
GenreLithographs 1870-1880.
NotesCurrier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6307
SubjectsCentennial Exhibition--(1876 :--Philadelphia, Pa.) Brother Jonathan--1870-1880. Centennial celebrations--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1870-1880.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,293 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-183159

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