Romantic Couple Kissing by Draped Curtain, Lithograph – Historic Reproduction
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Romantic Couple Kissing by Draped Curtain, Lithograph comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Romantic Couple Kissing by Draped Curtain, Lithograph
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A lithograph of a couple kissing beside a draped curtain makes a sentimental scene the centerpiece, with the drapery framing them like a stage set for a private moment. Images of this kind were popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when color lithography allowed printers to produce affectionate scenes cheaply for greeting cards, calendars and magazine illustrations. Valentine's Day was becoming a commercial holiday in that period, and prints like this one helped shape the sweet, idealized vision of romance that still shapes cards today. Look closely at the soft tonal shading in the fabric and the tender pose, which show how printers used the medium to suggest intimacy.
| Original scan | 1,500 × 2,063 px · prints to 5 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | VAL-34 |
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