Heel and toe / J.E. Baker ; Armstrong & Co., Boston. – Antique Wall Art
(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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Heel and toe / J.E. Baker ; Armstrong & Co., Boston.
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Titled "Heel and toe," this color lithograph pairs a young girl with an older person at needlework, and the title points to the task at its center: shaping the heel and toe of a stocking. The print dates to about 1873 and was issued by Armstrong & Co. of Boston, with J.E. Baker credited on the sheet. It belongs to the wave of inexpensive color prints that brought bright, sentimental domestic scenes into American homes in the 1870s. Knitting and mending were everyday skills passed from older relatives to girls, so the picture also captures a routine of household life that many viewers of the period would have recognized.
| Created / published | c1873. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Lithographs Color 1870-1880. |
| Subjects | Children & adults--1870-1880. Older people--1870-1880. Girls--1870-1880. Sewing--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,044 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219127 |
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