[Bank note illustration showing farmers plowing field] – Vintage Wall Art
![[Bank note illustration showing farmers plowing field], New York : Toppan, Carpenter & Co., [1856] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b8/b8cffd82d866-L.webp)
(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.)
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This rare antique engraving captures [Bank note illustration showing farmers plowing field] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Bank note illustration showing farmers plowing field]
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This engraving is a proof of a bank note vignette, the small pictorial scene printed on paper currency, here showing farmers plowing a field with a team of horses. Pulled from a New York engraving firm, Toppan, Carpenter & Co., around 1856, it reflects a common choice of the period. Banks and their printers often favored rural scenes of farming, commerce, and industry, which suggested prosperity and a stable local economy. Proofs like this one, taken from the plate before the note went into circulation, show the engraver's fine linework in the furrows, the horses, and the figures.
| Created / published | New York : Toppan, Carpenter & Co., [1856] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Bank note vignettes 1850-1860.Engravings 1850-1860.Proofs 1850-1860. |
| Subjects | Plowing--1850-1860. Farmers--1850-1860. Horses--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,205 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-189560 |
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