Homes of the poor / drawn by T. De Thulstrup. – 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.)
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A window into the past: Homes of the poor / drawn by T. De Thulstrup., preserved in this antique engraving. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Homes of the poor / drawn by T. De Thulstrup.
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Published as a title-page illustration in *Harper's Weekly* in late July 1883, this wood engraving turns to the crowded tenement houses of New York City, where poor families often lived packed into narrow buildings with little light or air. The artist, Thure de Thulstrup, was a Swedish-born illustrator who drew many scenes for the magazine. Images like this helped bring urban poverty before middle-class readers at a time when housing reform was becoming a public concern.
| Created / published | 1883 July 28. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1880-1890.Wood engravings 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Harper's weekly, July 28, 1883, p. 465 (title page). |
| Subjects | Tenement houses--New York (State)--New York--1880-1890. Poor persons--New York (State)--New York--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,192 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-148270 |
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