That Dainty Silken Stocking

This image is from a large collection of vintage posters for musicals, plays, operas, magical acts and ballets. These amazing images offer a... more

by Terry Reynoldson

Title

That Dainty Silken Stocking

Artist

Terry Reynoldson

Medium

Painting - Vintage Offset Lithography

Description

This image is from a large collection of vintage posters for musicals, plays, operas, magical acts and ballets. These amazing images offer a fascinating and sometimes startling glimpse into American popular culture in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Many of the images reflect a quainter time in America, before the moderating influence of political correctness and liberation movements. From a twenty-first century context, a few of these images might verge on being offensive. Nevertheless, there's plenty of creativity and beauty in these compositions, which makes them perfect for decorating a den, a game room or a study. They would also look very nice in a bar, a lounge, a pool hall or a restaurant. My contribution to these public domain works is in performing a digital restoration of the original images. My goal is to return the artwork to a state that is as close as possible to when it was first created. Some of the images come to me in very poor condition, but after a few hours of painstaking touch-ups, the image looks new again. (I encourage you to compare my images to similar works by others who simply post a raw scan and then hope for the best.) I also do digital restorations of private images at a very reasonable price, so if you have old photos that need some tender loving care, just email me.

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August 4th, 2013