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The first sight of the new world - Columbus discovering America – Historic Reproduction

The first sight of the new world - Columbus discovering America, c1892 May 23. — antique lithograph
The first sight of the new world - Columbus discovering America, c1892 May 23.. Antique lithograph from the Columbus collection.

(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 tinted lithograph, titled *The first sight of the new world*, is dated about May 23, 1892, and it shows Christopher Columbus and his sailors at the moment they first sight land. It appeared during the four-hundredth anniversary of his 1492 voyage, when American printmakers produced many commemorative pictures of the event. The print's subjects include the sailors as well as Columbus, which places the discovery in human terms rather than focusing only on the explorer. The added color softens the scene and turns a historical landing into a romantic tableau, a common approach in popular prints of the period.

Created / publishedc1892 May 23.
Medium1 print : lithograph, tinted.
GenreLithographs 1890-1900.
SubjectsColumbus, Christopher. Discovery & exploration--1490-1500. Sailors--1490-1500.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,143 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-110576

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