Christ is our light - Our star of redemption – Vintage Print
![Christ is our light - Our star of redemption, [New York] : N. Currier, 1849. — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/80/80a9151ee2ae-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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This rare antique lithograph captures Christ is our light - Our star of redemption in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Christ is our light - Our star of redemption
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Few religious prints of the period pair a title this direct with a symbol this familiar: a star standing for redemption, and Christ named as the light that guides. Issued from New York in 1849, eight years before Nathaniel Currier partnered with James Merritt Ives, it dates from the years when Currier was producing inexpensive prints for a broad middle-class public. Devotional images like this one hung in parlors and family rooms, serving as both decoration and a daily reminder of faith. The star motif draws on the Bethlehem story, which Christians had long read as a sign of salvation.
| Created / published | [New York] : N. Currier, 1849. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1173. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,191 × 1,686 px · prints to 4 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-174227 |
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