Engraved winter street scene with figures in snow – Vintage Wall Art
(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: Engraved winter street scene with figures in snow, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. 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, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Engraved winter street scene with figures in snow
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Snow lies thick on the roofline and the cobbles in this engraved street scene, where a few bundled figures make their way past shuttered shopfronts. The Christmas setting on this board suggests the subject is seasonal rather than a specific local landmark, and engravings of this kind were a popular way to show the winter city to readers who could not see it for themselves. Printmakers of the period used fine parallel lines to build shadow and texture, so the snow and dark stone read clearly even on a small page. The scene reflects a long tradition of holiday imagery that romanticized ordinary street life in cold weather.
| Original scan | 9,840 × 7,427 px · prints to 33 × 25 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 01783u |
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