Woman with Cupid on a wicker trunk – Historic Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic image captures Woman with Cupid on a wicker trunk in remarkable detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Woman with Cupid on a wicker trunk
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A woman poses beside a wicker trunk on which a figure of Cupid has been set, the winged child god of love standing out as the picture's main prop. The pairing of a sitter with a Valentine-style emblem places the image squarely within the late nineteenth and early twentieth century fashion for sentimental studio portraits, when photographers often supplied props such as baskets, trunks, and painted backdrops. Images like this were tied to the custom of exchanging tokens of affection on February 14, and the arrangement suggests a playful, staged romance rather than a candid moment. Notice how the wicker texture and the classical figure work together to set the mood.
| Original scan | 525 × 813 px |
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| Reference | Img90 |
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