Parade (i.e. promenade) from Anchor Head Weston-super-Mare England – Antique Wall Art
![Parade (i.e. promenade) from Anchor Head Weston-super-Mare England, [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/80/800cb32755d4-L.webp)
(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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Parade (i.e. promenade) from Anchor Head Weston-super-Mare England comes to life in this historic print, 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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Parade (i.e. promenade) from Anchor Head Weston-super-Mare England
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Anchor Head was a stretch of Weston-super-Mare's seafront, and this photochrom shows the promenade there in the 1890s, when the Somerset resort was drawing holidaymakers from Bristol and the Midlands. The title's "promenade" refers to the older custom of strolling slowly along the front to see and be seen, so the crowd of walkers is the real subject, not a formal procession. The image comes from the photochrom process, a Swiss technique that combined several color plates into a finished print with a painted look. The Detroit Publishing Company sold these views in the United States, and its 1905 catalog listed this scene among its English views. Look at the clothing and parasols for a sense of late Victorian seaside fashion.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom color. |
| Notes | Detroit Publishing Co. Catalogue J, 1905. Print no. 10393. Views of England |
| Source | Library of Congress, Photochrom Prints |
| Original scan | 3,659 × 2,727 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 3062_Parade_ie_promenade_fro_1890.tif-08958u |
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