African superstitions illustrated – Historic Print
(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 images capture their era like this antique lithograph of African superstitions illustrated. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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African superstitions illustrated
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The record names no specific place, so the picture is best read through its title and subjects: vultures in Africa, supernatural beings, and myths, presented as part of a book series numbered "No. 102." Color lithographs like this one, made around 1889, were built for reproduction and were often bound into illustrated volumes. The word "superstitions" in the title reflects how many European and American publishers of the period framed African belief as curiosity set against their own ideas of progress, so the image records that outlook as much as the traditions it depicts.
| Created / published | c1889. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1880-1890.Lithographs Color 1880-1890. |
| Notes | No. 102. |
| Subjects | Superstitions--1880-1890. Supernatural beings--1880-1890. Vultures--Africa--1880-1890. Literature--Africa--1880-1890. Myths--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,152 × 1,464 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216208 |
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