Columbus at the court of Barcelona – Antique 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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Columbus at the court of Barcelona comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Columbus at the court of Barcelona
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Few images of Columbus show him in quite this setting: a chromolithograph from 1893, issued by the Prang Educational Company of Boston, that places him before the Spanish sovereigns at Barcelona rather than at sea or on shore. The record names Ferdinand V and Isabella I as the rulers depicted, and it also lists Indigenous people of the West Indies, a reminder that Columbus's return from his first voyage brought captives and Caribbean goods to the court. The Prang firm was known for colorful educational prints made for American schoolrooms, so the picture was meant to teach as much as to illustrate. Its date sits in the years of the 1892 Columbian quadricentennial, when Columbus was a popular national hero.
| Created / published | Boston : Published by The Prang Educational Co., 1893. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Chromolithographs Color 1890-1900. |
| Notes | [4]0794Y U.S. Copyright Office. |
| Subjects | Columbus, Christopher--Journeys--Spain--Barcelona. Ferdinand--V,--King of Spain,--1452-1516. Isabella--I,--Queen of Spain,--1451-1504. Indians of the West Indies. Explorers--1490-1500. Rulers--Spain--1490-1500. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,121 × 1,711 px · prints to 7 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-215874 |
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