The home of Evangeline – Vintage 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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic print of The home of Evangeline. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The home of Evangeline
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Unlike the other views on this board, this print takes its title from a literary figure rather than a fixed site: "The home of Evangeline" refers to the heroine of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1847 poem *Evangeline*, which tells of Acadian families separated during their expulsion from Nova Scotia in 1755. The record does not name the house shown, and later printmakers often attached the poem's title to scenes in Nova Scotia or Louisiana, where Acadian descendants settled. Dated to about 1887, the print reflects the late nineteenth-century popularity of Longfellow's poem, which drew many visitors and illustrators to places linked to its story.
| Created / published | c1887 Oct. 27. |
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| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | S27784 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Raubicheck, F. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 989 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110536 |
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