American winter scene – 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.)
Description
A window into the past: American winter scene, preserved in this antique lithograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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American winter scene
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The horse-drawn sleighs and the snowy setting set this lithograph apart from many winter scenes of its era. Joseph Hoover published it in Philadelphia around 1867, when color lithography had become a popular way to bring affordable scenes of American life into homes and shop windows. Sleighing was both a practical way to travel over snow and a favored winter pastime, and prints like this one captured that mix of work and leisure. Look closely at the horses and the sleighs for the small details that made such images appealing to viewers of the time.
| Created / published | Phila. : Published by Joseph Hoover, c1867. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Lithographs Color 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Copyright by Joseph Hoover. |
| Subjects | Horses--1860-1870. Sleds & sleighs--1860-1870. Winter--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,101 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-111021 |
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