Robert Goelet – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Robert Goelet comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Robert Goelet
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This glass negative shows Robert Goelet, a member of the New York Goelet family, whose fortune rested largely on Manhattan real estate held across several generations. The Bain News Service, which made and distributed news pictures from New York in the early twentieth century, produced the negative for the press, so the portrait reflects how wealthy New Yorkers were presented to newspaper readers of the day. The record's title comes from caption data supplied by the agency and has not been independently verified, and the date is unknown. Glass plates like this one are worth noticing for their fine detail, which was typical of the medium before film replaced it.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch two loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,734 × 4,184 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-8507 |
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