The cream of love – Vintage Print
(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 rare antique lithograph captures The cream of love in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Winged angels and a dish of ice cream share this Currier & Ives lithograph, whose punning title, "The cream of love," signals its playful sentiment. The New York firm produced inexpensive prints for a wide public, and this one dates from about 1879, when ice cream was becoming a common treat sold by confectioners and at soda fountains rather than a dessert reserved for wealthy households. The print is cataloged in Gale's Currier & Ives catalog raisonné as number 1423, which makes it easy to compare with the firm's other work of the period.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1879. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1870-1880. |
| Notes | 11720 U.S. Copyright Office. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonne / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1423. |
| Subjects | Angels--1870-1880. Ice cream & ices--1870-1880. Eating & drinking--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,097 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-174276 |
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