Vanity fair on the avenue – Vintage Wall Art
![Vanity fair on the avenue, 1914 June [publication date] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f5/f5bcba9704d8-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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Few images capture their era like this historic drawing of Vanity fair on the avenue. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Vanity fair on the avenue
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Rather than a single landmark, this drawing focuses on the people moving along the avenue named in its title, with women's clothing as the main subject. Rendered in India ink, gouache, and watercolor over pencil, it was made as a periodical illustration for a June 1914 issue. Street scenes like this one were a common way for fashion-minded magazines of the era to show readers the silhouettes, hats, and accessories of the years just before the First World War.
| Created / published | 1914 June [publication date] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : India ink, gouache, and watercolor over pencil ; 44.2 x 30.4 cm. (sheet) |
| Genre | Drawings American Color 1910-1920.Periodical illustrations American 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | Pedestrians--1910-1920. Women--Clothing & dress--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,031 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-172811 |
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