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[Pastoral poetry, dramatic poetry, epic poetry] – Vintage Print

[Pastoral poetry, dramatic poetry, epic poetry], c[between 1900 and 1912] — historic photograph
[Pastoral poetry, dramatic poetry, epic poetry], c[between 1900 and 1912]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company collection.

(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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A window into the past: [Pastoral poetry, dramatic poetry, epic poetry], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Three painted panels on the walls of the Boston Public Library, titled for pastoral, dramatic, and epic poetry, are the subject here, shown in this view from the left panel. The murals are the work of French painter Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, whose soft, muted figures were meant to suit the building's reading rooms and stairways. Puvis was one of the most admired decorative painters of his day, and the library's commission, part of a broader effort to bring art into public buildings, helped make Boston a destination for those interested in mural painting. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this glass-plate negative, recorded many such interiors for travel views of the United States.

Created / publishedc[between 1900 and 1912]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle and date based on Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Photograph of a mural, left panel, Boston Public Library. F 137" on negative. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsLibraries. Interiors. Murals.United States--Massachusetts--Boston.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 789 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-75281

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