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Scenes from Everyday Life
ome nineteenth-century poster artists borrowed ideas from genre paintings, which depicted folksy scenes from everyday life. Here, the theme of progress is illustrated by a group of old-timers reminiscing about days gone by.
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Color lithograph, ca. 1883 Unknown printer for William Deering & Co. (Chicago) 21.5" x 27.5"
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ome nineteenth-century
poster artists borrowed ideas from genre paintings,
which depicted folksy scenes from everyday life. Here,
the theme of progress is illustrated by a group of
old-timers reminiscing about days gone by.