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[Belle da Costa Greene, full-length portrait, seated, facing right] – Historic Photograph Print

[Belle da Costa Greene, full-length portrait, seated, facing right], [between 1910 and 1930] — historic photograph
[Belle da Costa Greene, full-length portrait, seated, facing right], [between 1910 and 1930]. Historic photograph 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: [Belle da Costa Greene, full-length portrait, seated, facing right], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Belle da Costa Greene, full-length portrait, seated, facing right]

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Belle da Costa Greene sits in this full-length portrait turned toward the right, a pose that suits a woman whose public career centered on books and manuscripts. She became librarian to financier J. P. Morgan in 1905 and later directed the Morgan Library, which opened its doors to the public in 1924. Greene was known for her polished style and her expertise in rare books, and she kept much of her family background private, presenting herself as having Portuguese ancestry. The photograph offers a useful glimpse of how she chose to present herself during the years she helped shape the Morgan's collections.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1930]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1910-1930.Photographic prints 1910-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan673 × 1,536 px · prints to 2 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-162585

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