Death of the Dauphin – Vintage 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
Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of Death of the Dauphin. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Death of the Dauphin
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What sets this engraving apart is its subject: the death of a dauphin, the title given to the heir apparent to the French throne. The record does not identify which dauphin is shown, so the scene is best read as one of the royal deaths that filled popular illustrated periodicals of the era, when readers enjoyed history told through dramatic palace and bedside scenes. It appeared as a wood engraving on page 364 of the October 1858 issue of Emerson's Magazine, showing how mid-century American magazines used this method to bring European court history into middle-class homes.
| Created / published | 1858 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Subjects | Illus. in: Emerson's Magazine, v. 7 (Oct. 1858) p. 364. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Kings...--18--; BI; Kings and rulers; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 970 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-148070 |
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