The Christmas tree – Historic Reproduction
(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
The Christmas tree comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Christmas tree
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Published in *Harper's New Monthly Magazine* in 1872 and 1873, this wood engraving shows a family gathered around a Christmas tree, a scene many of the magazine's readers would have recognized from their own parlors. By the early 1870s the decorated evergreen had become a common feature of American middle-class homes, a custom spread in part by German immigrants and by illustrated periodicals. Wood engravings of this period were cut into blocks of boxwood, which allowed fine detail in small domestic scenes and made it possible to reproduce them alongside the magazine's text.
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reference copy may be available in 4446. Illus. in: Harper's New Monthly Magazine" 1872-1873 |
| Subjects | old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Family groups--1872-3; Holidays--Christmas--1872-3; Shelf." |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 984 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-139129 |
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