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From the collection of National Museum of American History. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
These happy family scenes were meant to contrast with the restless, discontented bachelor prints. Sentimental genre prints documented the social image of Victorian virtue through domestic scenes of courtship, family, home life, and images of the “genteel female.” Children are depicted studying nature or caring for their obedient pets as they learn their place in the greater world. Romantic scenes picture devoted husbands with their contented, dutiful wives. In these prints, young women educated in reading, music, needlework, the arts, the language of flowers, basic math and science are subjugated to their family’s needs.
National Museum of American History’s own description
