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Autumn fruits – Antique Print

Autumn fruits, [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print
Autumn fruits, [no date recorded on shelflist card]. Historic print from the Barns & Farms 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.)

Description

This rare historic print captures Autumn fruits in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Its title, *Autumn fruits*, points to a seasonal still life or harvest subject, and the shelflist card links the print to a name, Fabronius, though that attribution is unverified and the card gives no date. Harvest imagery of apples, pears, grapes, and nuts was widely reproduced in printed form, often for calendars, almanacs, and decorative prints, and such pictures were tied to the cycle of the farm year and to the autumn feasts that later shaped American harvest celebrations. Because the record offers little else, the print's exact origin and purpose remain uncertain, but its subject places it firmly within that long tradition of celebrating the season's yield.

Created / published[no date recorded on shelflist card]
Medium1 print.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Fabronius.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,256 × 1,532 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-176183

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