Courting couple in period dress beneath a tree – Antique Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Step back in time with Courting couple in period dress beneath a tree, a historic image rich in period detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Courting couple in period dress beneath a tree
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Dressed in the stiff, high-collared fashions of the Victorian era, this courting pair poses beneath a spreading tree, a setting that suited the sentimental tastes of the period. Photographers of the late 1800s often staged such scenes in studios or garden backdrops, and images like this one reflected the popular idea of romance as something gentle, decorous and chaste. Valentine's Day cards of the same years drew on similar imagery of couples in pastoral settings, so the picture belongs to a wider culture of sentimental courtship. Its staged quality is part of what makes it worth noticing today.
| Original scan | 639 × 923 px |
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| Reference | Img102 |
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