Snapshots of the Past

Watercolor of a large house behind a white picket fence – Historic Print

Watercolor of a large house behind a white picket fence — historic image
Watercolor of a large house behind a white picket fence. Historic image from the The South collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic image captures Watercolor of a large house behind a white picket fence in remarkable detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

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Watercolor of a large house behind a white picket fence

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A watercolor of a large house set back behind a white picket fence, filed under the Louisiana holdings of the Cities collection, invites a closer look at how such homes were drawn and remembered. The record gives no artist, date, or street address, so the painting's exact origin remains unknown. Still, the pairing of a grand residence with a neat fence is a familiar feature of Southern towns, where wide galleries, raised foundations, and shaded yards often signaled prosperity. Watercolor was a popular medium for recording such houses in the 19th and early 20th centuries, when families commissioned views of their property or artists sketched local architecture for travelers and collectors.

Original scan9,364 × 3,734 px · prints to 31 × 12 in at 300 dpi
Referencea louisiana plantation 23146u

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