God is love – Antique 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.)
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Step back in time with God is love, an antique lithograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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 has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
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Few Currier & Ives prints pair a scripture-style title with a still life of fruit and doves, but "God is Love" does exactly that. The hand-colored lithograph, published in New York around 1874, arranges apples and other fruit in a composed display with birds, a combination the firm sold widely to middle-class households in the 1870s. Its title draws on the New Testament line from 1 John, so the picture reads as a gentle devotional object rather than a simple bowl of fruit. Collectors of the firm's still lifes will note how its bright hand-coloring and careful arrangement reflect the popular taste of the decade.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1874. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Still life prints 1870-1880.Lithographs Hand-colored 1870-1880. |
| Notes | 7708E U.S. Copyright Office. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2600 |
| Subjects | Fruit--1870-1880. Religion--1870-1880. Doves--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,686 × 1,219 px · prints to 6 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-174568 |
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