The Cream of Love – Vintage 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.)
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Step back in time with The Cream of Love, an antique lithograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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.
The Cream of Love
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*The cream of love* shows angels sharing ice cream, and its punning title plays on "cream" as both the dessert and the finest part of something. Currier & Ives published it in New York around 1879, when the firm sold inexpensive lithographs to a broad public, mixing sentiment, humor and everyday pleasures. The sweet, affectionate joke about romance suits the print's place among Valentine's Day subjects. It was copyrighted in 1879 and is listed in the firm's catalog raisonné, which helps place it within the company's output.
| Created / published | 1879 |
|---|---|
| Medium | print, lithograph |
| Notes | New York: Currier & Ives |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,846 × 3,041 px · prints to 13 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-174276 |
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