Christmas Eve (Andrew Melrose)
1898 · Chromolithograph after Andrew Melrose (published by J. Hoover & Son, Philadelphia) · Library of Congress, Washington, DC
The whole print, uncropped, on a printed cream mat with its title beneath.
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About this work
- Artist
- Andrew Melrose (1836–1901)
- Year
- 1898
- Medium
- Chromolithograph after Andrew Melrose (published by J. Hoover & Son, Philadelphia)
- Collection
- Library of Congress, Washington, DC
- Movement
- Hudson River School
A snowy village road leads to a stone church whose windows glow red at dusk. Sleighs and horse-drawn carriages wait by the church, a couple walks towards it, and a sleigh carrying several people travels along the road. A small stone bridge crosses a stream in the foreground, and bare trees frame the scene under a green sky streaked with pink cloud. Village houses with snowy roofs line the road into the distance. The picture is a chromolithograph after a painting by Andrew Melrose, a Scottish-born landscape painter who worked in New Jersey. J. Hoover & Son of Philadelphia published it. The copyright line on the print reads 1898, and the Library of Congress records that it was registered early in 1899. This impression is in the Library of Congress.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A village church at dusk with red-lit windows, snow and a green and pink sky. Hang it in an entryway, living room or over a mantel for the holiday season beside Twachtman's Winter Harmony, in a dark wood frame.
Size, framing & materials
- Style
- Hudson River School painting
- Era
- 19th century (1898)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- dramatic, moody
- Rooms
- living room, hallway or entryway, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 18×12, 24×16, 36×24 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard; 36×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard. See it to scale on your wall →
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — black suits the deep tones of this period; dark wood warms it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
- Restored in-house from a scan of the original print, cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution
- Museum-quality archival paper: heavyweight, acid-free, resists yellowing
- Framed option: wood frame in black or dark wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size
- Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen
