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Columbus on the deck of the SANTA MARIA – Vintage Print

Columbus on the deck of the SANTA MARIA, c1908. — historic print
Columbus on the deck of the SANTA MARIA, c1908.. Historic print 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 historic print of Columbus on the deck of the SANTA MARIA brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Columbus on the deck of the SANTA MARIA

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Christopher Columbus stands on the deck of the Santa Maria, the flagship of his 1492 voyage, in this scene painted by the German history painter Carl von Piloty. Piloty worked in Munich and was known for large, carefully staged episodes from the past. This image survives as a halftone reproduction, a process that let books and periodicals print photographs of paintings in quantity around the turn of the twentieth century. The print is dated about 1908 and carries a copyright notice in the name of Eugene A. Perry, though these details come from an old caption card and have not been verified.

Created / publishedc1908.
Medium1 photomechanical print : halftone.
NotesHalftone repro. of painting by Piloty, copyrighted by Eugene A. Perry. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.; Publ. Ind.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,049 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-142511

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