Colourful 19th-century lithograph of trains and railway scene – Historic Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Colourful 19th-century lithograph of trains and railway scene comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Colourful 19th-century lithograph of trains and railway scene
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Color lithography let printmakers reproduce railway scenes in bright, saleable form, and this print shows the locomotive and rail line as a subject in its own right. Through the mid-1800s, American lithographic firms issued many such views to a public that was excited by the spread of track across the country and the new speed of travel. Prints like this often combined technical detail with idealized landscape, so the trains appear as symbols of progress set against open country. When examining a piece like this, it helps to look at the hand coloring or printed color layers, the arrangement of the engine and cars, and the surrounding scenery, which often says as much about the period's hopes as about the railroad itself.
| Original scan | 4,352 × 2,957 px · prints to 15 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 07839u1 |
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