The angel's whisper – Antique Wall Art
(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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This antique lithograph of The angel's whisper brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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A soft-toned chromolithograph titled "The angel's whisper" shows a sleeping child in a cradle with an angel leaning close, a sentimental subject that was popular in American parlors of the 1890s. The print was issued by the Great Western Supply House in Chicago around 1894 and registered for copyright, which was how publishers protected their designs from being copied. Chromolithographs like this one were built up from many stone or metal plates, each inked in a different color, so they could imitate painting at a fraction of the cost. Such images were often sold to families for nursery walls, where they carried gentle messages about childhood innocence and guardian care.
| Created / published | Chicago, Ill. : Great Western Supply House, publishers, c1894. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph, color. |
| Genre | Chromolithographs Color 1890-1900. |
| Notes | 430882 U.S. Copyright Office. |
| Subjects | Angels--1890-1900. Cradles--1890-1900. Sleeping--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,136 × 1,434 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217400 |
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