Horace Greeley, 1811-1872 – Vintage Print
(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.)
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Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of Horace Greeley, 1811-1872. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Horace Greeley, 1811-1872
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Horace Greeley, the newspaper editor who founded the New-York Tribune and later ran for president in 1872, is the subject of this steel engraving, which dates to about 1871, the year before his death. The print reproduces a painting by Chappel, and it was copyrighted by the firm Johnson, Fry & Co., a New York publisher known for portrait engravings of prominent Americans. Engravings like this one were widely sold and hung in homes and offices, so they offered many Americans their most familiar image of a public figure. The record notes that some details come from an unverified caption card, so readers should treat the specific attributions with that in mind.
| Created / published | c1871. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : steel engraving. |
| Notes | Steel engraving copyrighted by Johnson, Fry & Co. after painting by Chappel. This record contains unverified data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,086 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-159419 |
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