The returned fugitive / The Hatch Lith. Co., N.Y. – Antique Print
![The returned fugitive / The Hatch Lith. Co., N.Y., N.Y. : E.G. Rideout & Co. publishers, [between 1870 and 1900] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/6a/6aecfa50a877-L.webp)
(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 returned fugitive / The Hatch Lith. Co., N.Y. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The returned fugitive / The Hatch Lith. Co., N.Y.
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A girl in a long dress stands at an open birdcage while a bird, the very thing she has lost, perches just outside it, and the title "The Returned Fugitive" makes clear that the scene is meant as a small drama of return rather than a simple domestic moment. This chromolithograph was published in New York by E.G. Rideout & Co. sometime between 1870 and 1900, a period when color lithography was popular for affordable sentimental pictures that were hung in parlors and nurseries. The Hatch Lithograph Company, named in the imprint, was one of the New York firms producing such work. Prints like this one reflected the era's taste for stories about childhood affection for pets, and the bright color and tender expression are typical of the genre.
| Created / published | N.Y. : E.G. Rideout & Co. publishers, [between 1870 and 1900] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Chromolithographs 1870-1900. |
| Subjects | Birds--1870-1900. Birdcages--1870-1900. Girls--1870-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,156 × 1,467 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217231 |
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