The Death of Columbus – 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 antique lithograph of The Death of Columbus brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The Death of Columbus
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Its title, *The Death of Columbus*, points to a scene no artist could have witnessed, so this chromolithograph is an imagined scene rather than a record of events. Columbus died in Valladolid, Spain, in 1506, his later years clouded by disputes over his governorship and his treatment of colonists. Boston's Prang Educational Company issued the color print in 1893, the year of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, when Columbus was a national subject.
| Created / published | Boston : Published by The Prang Educational Co., 1893. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Conjectural works 1890-1900.Chromolithographs Color 1890-1900. |
| Notes | No. 40803Y U.S. Copyright Office. |
| Subjects | Columbus, Christopher--Death & burial. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,114 × 1,715 px · prints to 7 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-215873 |
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