Marriage Certificate – Historic Print
(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 Marriage Certificate. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Marriage Certificate
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A printed marriage certificate from around 1857 stands out for being an engraving, a labor-intensive method that suited ornamental documents meant to be kept for life. Engraved certificates of this period typically left blanks for the couple's names, the date, and the officiant, which were filled in by hand after the printed borders and decorative elements were complete. Such documents were often framed and displayed in parlors, so their designs tended to be more elaborate than the plain forms used for official records. The interplay of engraved design and handwritten entries is worth noticing when examining a piece like this.
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
|---|---|
| Notes | c1857. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,123 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-121358 |
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