He knew that he was not dreaming – Antique 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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic drawing of He knew that he was not dreaming. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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He knew that he was not dreaming
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What sets this drawing apart is its title, *He knew that he was not dreaming*, which points to a moment of startled certainty rather than an ordinary scene. It was made in watercolor for Harper's, one of the most widely read American monthly magazines of the early twentieth century, where color illustrations like this one accompanied fiction and helped readers picture a story. Dated to about 1907, it reflects a period when magazine illustrators were highly prized and watercolor gave their work a soft, luminous quality that black-and-white printing could not match. The emotional pull of the moment suits its later association with romance.
| Medium | 1 drawing : watercolor. |
|---|---|
| Genre | Harper's magazine |
| Notes | [1907?] |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,816 × 4,692 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219881 |
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