[Picnic under the fir] – Antique Print
![[Picnic under the fir] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/55/55d489cde292-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 drawing of [Picnic under the fir] 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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[Picnic under the fir]
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Beneath a fir tree, a small outing unfolds in this watercolor, and its record also places it by the water, so the scene likely joins a shady meal with a waterside setting. The drawing is dated only to a span of roughly 1884 to 1925, a period when eating outdoors grew popular in America, helped by new parks, streetcar lines and railroad excursions that carried city families into the countryside. Artists of the time often portrayed such outings as genteel, sunlit idylls, and the soft washes of watercolor suit dappled shade and open air. The sheet is held by the Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs Division.
| Medium | 1 drawing : watercolor. |
|---|---|
| Genre | PicnicsWaterfrontsTrees |
| Notes | [between 1884 and 1925] |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,826 × 4,643 px · prints to 13 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220013 |
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