The golden tree – Antique Print
![The golden tree, Boston : Curtis & Cameron, [1902] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4e/4e4eef2bb58d-L.webp)
(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 historic photograph of The golden tree brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The golden tree
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Few pictures on this board carry a subject as specific as this one, which pairs a golden tree with the Grail legend and the figures of Galahad and Joseph of Arimathea. The print reproduces a mural from the Boston Public Library, where Edwin Austin Abbey's cycle on the quest for the Holy Grail decorates the Delivery Room. Curtis & Cameron issued it in 1902 as part of the Copley Prints, a photographic reproduction series that let people far from Boston own copies of major American decorative painting. Its place in the library's own album of decorations makes it a useful record of how those murals were presented to the public around 1900.
| Created / published | Boston : Curtis & Cameron, [1902] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Paintings 1890-1900 Reproductions 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Title from item. In album: Boston Public Library Decorations in the Copley Prints, p. 10 (bottom). |
| Subjects | Joseph,--of Arimathea, Saint--1890-1900. Galahad (Legendary character)--1890-1900. Grail--1890-1900. Trees--1890-1900. Murals--Massachusetts--Boston--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,295 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-209214 |
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