Two young girls reading book – Historic Reproduction
(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 Two young girls reading book brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Two young girls reading book
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Two girls share a single open book in this chromolithograph, a detail that makes the scene about companionship as much as reading. The print is credited to P.O. Vickery and dates to about 1879, when color lithography had become a practical way to mass-produce sentimental domestic scenes. Images like this were often sold as cards or loose prints for parlor walls and scrapbooks, and they reflect a period when children's reading and the ideal of the cozy family home were common subjects in popular art.
| Created / published | c. 1879 |
|---|---|
| Medium | print, chromolithograph |
| Notes | P.O. Vickery |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,135 × 824 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217226 |
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