[Peeping Tom] – Antique Wall Art
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(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
Step back in time with [Peeping Tom], a historic drawing rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. 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.
[Peeping Tom]
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A dog takes the role of the title character in this drawing, casting the animal as a sly onlooker in the spirit of the old Peeping Tom legend, in which a townsman spies on Lady Godiva. The work is India ink over pencil on bristol board, a method common in mid-century magazine illustration, where artists roughed out a design in pencil and then inked the final lines for reproduction. Its 1965 publication date places it in a decade when cartoonists often used trained animals to satirize human behavior, and the catalog subjects of dogs, trained animals and voyeurism reflect that joke. The humor depends on the animal's sly pose and wide-eyed attention.
| Medium | 1 drawing : India ink over pencil, with drawn overlay on bristol board ; 20.8 x 29.2 cm. (sheet) |
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| Notes | 1965 Mar. 21 [publication date] |
| Subjects | Dogs--1960-1970. Trained animals--1960-1970. Voyeurism--1960-1970. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,144 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-157339 |
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