Highlight time periods

[Tobias Kampf]

Hello!

There are some time periods in my dataset that I would like to highlight. For example, 1853 to 1856. xline only allows me to highlight one point in time at the moment. Or I know I can cover a wider range with lwidth(vvvthick). However, this is too imprecise for me.
Graphically, I would like it to look something like this.

Is there an uncomplicated way to do this?
Many thanks!

[Nick Cox]

Blog    . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding recession shading to time-series graphs
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D. Schenck
        2/20    http://blog.stata.com/2020/02/13/adding-recession-shading-
                to-time-series-graphs/


SJ-16-3 gr0067  . Speaking Stata: Shading zones on time series and other plots
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  N. J. Cox
        Q3/16   SJ 16(3):805--812                                (no commands)
        discusses background shading of time series and other plots