Ascension of the virgin / Na.Sa. de Transito – Antique Wall Art
![Ascension of the virgin / Na.Sa. de Transito, [New York] : N. Currier, 1848. — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e6/e603b8d6b7e9-L.webp)
(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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Step back in time with Ascension of the virgin / Na.Sa. de Transito, an antique lithograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Ascension of the virgin / Na.Sa. de Transito
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The Spanish half of the title, *Na.Sa. de Transito*, names the devotion behind the scene: Our Lady of the Transit, a Spanish-language name for the Virgin's passing and assumption into heaven. Nathaniel Currier issued it in New York in 1848, when his firm was producing many religious and sentimental subjects for ordinary buyers, often adapted from European devotional pictures. Like other lithographs of the 1840s, this impression was hand colored, so each copy was tinted separately and no two look exactly alike. The bilingual title suggests the print was meant for Spanish-speaking Catholic customers as well as English speakers.
| Created / published | [New York] : N. Currier, 1848. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand col. |
| Genre | Lithographs Hand colored 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0304. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,189 × 1,686 px · prints to 4 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-174070 |
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