Christmas Morn – Vintage Print
(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 Christmas Morn. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Christmas Morn
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Christmas Morn" takes its name from the moment of the day rather than a particular scene, placing the viewer at the first light of the holiday. For many Christian households, that hour meant early church services, carols sung in the cold, and the quiet gathering of families before the rest of the day began. Religious prints of this kind were popular in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when they were hung in homes and used to mark the season. Look closely at how the light and the figures are arranged, since such images often rely on glow and stillness to suggest the sacred meaning of the morning.
| Created / published | c. 1880s |
|---|---|
| Medium | print, lithograph, color |
| Notes | W.C. Bauer. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons, London |
| Original scan | 4,446 × 3,066 px · prints to 15 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 02903u |
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