Sophia – 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.)
Description
This antique lithograph of Sophia 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.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Sophia
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*Sophia* is a single-figure lithograph published in New York around 1846, when Nathaniel Currier was still working under his own name alone. Its outline was drawn in stone and its colors were added by hand, a method that let firms like his sell pictures at modest prices. Prints of this kind were hung in parlors and bought by a growing middle-class public that wanted affordable images of fashion and domestic life. The record offers no further detail about the woman shown, so the print is best read as a window onto 1840s taste.
| Created / published | New York : Published by N. Currier, c1846. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Lithographs Hand-colored 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6020 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,082 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175118 |
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