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[Henry Elias Howland, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] – Vintage Photo Print

[Henry Elias Howland, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right], [between 1880 and 1910] — antique engraving
[Henry Elias Howland, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right], [between 1880 and 1910]. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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A window into the past: [Henry Elias Howland, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right], preserved in this antique engraving. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Henry Elias Howland, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

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Henry Elias Howland appears here in a head-and-shoulders portrait turned to the right, rendered as a steel engraving by the New York firm E.G. Williams & Bro. Steel plates held up far better than copper under long print runs, which made them a common choice for portraits reproduced in books and periodicals in the decades around 1900. The record dates the piece only to between 1880 and 1910, so the exact occasion for the portrait is not known. Its value lies in showing how engravers of the period handled the sitter's face, dress and light, offering a view of how notable Americans were presented to the public before halftone photo reproduction took over.

Created / published[between 1880 and 1910]
Medium1 print : engraving.
GenrePortrait prints 1880-1910.Engravings 1880-1910.
NotesSteel engraving by E.G. Williams & Bro., N.Y.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,115 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-162966

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