Proposal – Vintage Print
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Description
Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Proposal. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
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Titled simply "Proposal," this chromolithograph shows a courting couple at the moment of a marriage proposal, a scene the printmakers presented as tender and domestic. It was published by A. & C. Kaufmann of New York around 1873 and reproduces an original by the German-born painter Otto Erdmann. Chromolithographs like this one were inexpensive, brightly colored images that families hung in parlors and sitting rooms, and sentimental courtship scenes were among their most popular subjects. The print is a useful window onto how middle-class Americans of the 1870s pictured romance and marriage.
| Created / published | 1873 |
|---|---|
| Medium | print, chromolithograph, color |
| Notes | New York: A & C Kaufmann. Original by Otto Erdmann |
| Original scan | 3,138 × 3,879 px · prints to 10 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219835 |
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