Home sweet home – 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.)
Description
Home sweet home comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Titled with the phrase from John Howard Payne's 1823 song "Home, Sweet Home," this color lithograph takes a sentiment that had become a household byword by the 1870s. The print is credited to G.F. Gilman, and its copyright notice places it among the many inexpensive color lithographs that circulated in the late nineteenth century, when families often hung such images in parlors and sitting rooms. Its catalog subjects, leisure and family life, reflect the decade's appetite for home-centered imagery, and the print offers a window onto how middle-class households liked to picture themselves.
| Created / published | c1877. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Lithographs Color 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Copyright by G.F. Gilman. |
| Subjects | Leisure--1870-1880. Families--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,150 × 1,703 px · prints to 7 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-215825 |
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