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Spring in Rock Creek Park – Antique Wall Art

Spring in Rock Creek Park — historic drawing
Spring in Rock Creek Park. Historic drawing from the Washington DC collection.

(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 historic drawing captures Spring in Rock Creek Park in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Spring in Rock Creek Park

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Pencil and pastel give this 1918 view of Rock Creek Park a soft spring palette. The wooded valley runs through northwest Washington, D.C., and had been set aside as a public park in 1890. The drawing is credited to Robert Latou Dickinson, a New York physician better known for his medical work than for his art, and its subjects pair the park's bridges with the social life of visitors who came to walk and enjoy the outdoors. Drawings like this one show how city residents of the period used green space for leisure, a habit encouraged as urban parks came to be promoted for public health and recreation.

Medium1 drawing : pencil and pastel.
Notes1918
SubjectsDickinson, Robert Latou,--1861-1950--Social life. Parks--Rock Creek Park (Washington, D.C.)--1910-1920. Bridges--Rock Creek Park (Washington, D.C.)--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,774 × 3,787 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-223467

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