The Baptism of Jesus Christ – Vintage Print
![The Baptism of Jesus Christ, [New York] : Currier & Ives, 1893. — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4f/4fc80f212615-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 antique lithograph of The Baptism of Jesus Christ brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
The Baptism of Jesus Christ
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The Currier & Ives firm, based in New York, issued this 1893 lithograph of the baptism of Jesus, a scene that Christian artists had returned to for centuries. The firm was the best-known American printmaker of the nineteenth century, producing inexpensive colored lithographs for a broad middle-class market, and its religious subjects were meant to hang in parlors and family rooms as much as in churches. Catalogued in the Gale Research raisonné of the firm's output, the print belongs to the late run of Currier & Ives work, when the company was shifting toward sentimental and devotional themes. Its image of John the Baptist at the River Jordan and the descending dove reflects that domestic, instructive purpose.
| Created / published | [New York] : Currier & Ives, 1893. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0396. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,184 × 1,686 px · prints to 4 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175412 |
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