One of life's happy hours / painted by Mrs. Lilly M. Spencer ; engraved by Alfred Jones. – Antique Wall Art
![One of life's happy hours / painted by Mrs. Lilly M. Spencer ; engraved by Alfred Jones., [between 1870 and 1890?] — historic image](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b1/b18ce397c471-L.webp)
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of One of life's happy hours / painted by Mrs. Lilly M. Spencer ; engraved by Alfred Jones.. 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. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
One of life's happy hours / painted by Mrs. Lilly M. Spencer ; engraved by Alfred Jones.
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Lilly Martin Spencer's painting *One of Life's Happy Hours* reached most viewers as an engraving by Alfred Jones, a form that carried the scene into far more homes than the original canvas could. Spencer (1822-1902), born in England and raised in the United States, became known for warm, often humorous pictures of household life, and she balanced that work with raising a large family of her own. Engravings of sentimental domestic scenes were popular in the later nineteenth century, when many families chose printed pictures to decorate their parlors.
| Created / published | [between 1870 and 1890?] |
|---|---|
| Subjects | Spencer, Lilly Martin, 1822-1902, artist. |
| Original scan | 7,034 × 8,721 px · prints to 23 × 29 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1 |
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