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Close-up of a white marble bust of a man – Historic Reproduction

Close-up of a white marble bust of a man — historic image
Close-up of a white marble bust of a man. Historic image from the Presidents collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Close-up of a white marble bust of a man. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.

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Close-up of a white marble bust of a man

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The close crop on this white marble bust draws attention to the carved face and the smooth, polished surfaces that marble takes on under careful finishing. The gallery files it under Thomas Jefferson, and many busts of the third president were made in stone from the 1780s onward, often drawing on the likeness Jean-Antoine Houdon modeled in Paris in 1789. Portrait busts like this were valued in the early republic as a way to honor a statesman, and comparing the carving with Houdon's work shows how different sculptors interpreted the same face.

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Reference1425805688_cfdd5f5ffc_o Closeup of Thomas Jefferson in Rotunda terren in virginia

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