Natural Bridge – 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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Natural Bridge. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Natural Bridge
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The Natural Bridge in Rockbridge County, Virginia, is a limestone arch spanning Cedar Creek, and this lithograph presents it as a set piece of the state's scenery. The print is based on a painting by Edward Beyer, a German-born artist who traveled Virginia in the 1850s, and it was published in his *Album of Virginia* around 1858. Thomas Jefferson once owned the site, and it drew tourists long before photography became common, so views like this one helped shape how many Americans pictured the state. The record's catalog notes are old and not fully verified, so details of the printing house and the original edition are worth checking against a reference copy.
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
|---|---|
| Notes | c1858. |
| Subjects | Lithograph by Rau & Son, after Ed. Beyer. Illus. in: Album of Virginia. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Va.--Natural Bridge; Bridges; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,236 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-128942 |
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