You dirty boy! – Historic Print
(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
A window into the past: You dirty boy!, preserved in this antique engraving. 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. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
You dirty boy!
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Printed in the September 8, 1883, issue of *Harper's Weekly*, this wood engraving carries the blunt caption "You dirty boy!" Its catalog card links it to a soap advertisement, though that attribution is unverified. *Harper's Weekly* was one of the most widely read illustrated magazines in the United States, and wood engraving was then the standard way to reproduce drawings in its pages. Soap makers of the period often used scenes of grubby or scolded children to make a point about cleanliness and to sell a household product with humor.
| Created / published | 1883 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Subjects | Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 27, no. 1394 (1883 Sept. 8), p. 576. Ref. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Adv.--; Children; Soap. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,127 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-149529 |
More from the Historic Print Archive collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
![[Woman and 2 girls crying over dead bird; boy holding cat by scruff of neck]](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/28/28a98a77c343-400.webp)
![[Old bearded man with hand on the Asian boy's shoulder]](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2b/2bbc805bcf97-400.webp)
![[Drummer boy, taking a rest, Culpeper, Va.] / EF.](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/8b/8bc5dca72fe7-400.webp)
