Reading room vestibule. Anarchy / Elihu Vedder, Rome, 1896. – Vintage Print
(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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Reading room vestibule. Anarchy / Elihu Vedder, Rome, 1896.
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This print reproduces Elihu Vedder's *Anarchy*, a painted allegory made for the vestibule of the Library of Congress reading room in Washington. Vedder, an American painter who worked for many years in Rome, completed the work in 1896, the year the record notes. The Copley process used for this reproduction was a photomechanical method that let publishers issue faithful copies of paintings, and Curtis & Cameron of Boston produced this one in 1897. Its many figures and symbolic imagery reflect the late-nineteenth-century habit of decorating public buildings with allegories meant to express civic ideals.
| Created / published | 1896, c1897. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Allegories 1890-1900.Photographic prints 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Copyright by Elihu Vedder, 1896. Copley print copyright by Curtis & Cameron, 1897. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,271 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-181228 |
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