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[Justo Rufino Barrios, Pres. Guatemala, 1835-1885; bust] – Historic Reproduction

[Justo Rufino Barrios, Pres. Guatemala, 1835-1885; bust] — antique engraving
[Justo Rufino Barrios, Pres. Guatemala, 1835-1885; bust]. 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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This rare antique engraving captures [Justo Rufino Barrios, Pres. Guatemala, 1835-1885; bust] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Justo Rufino Barrios, Pres. Guatemala, 1835-1885; bust]

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Few engraved portraits from nineteenth-century Central America carry as much political weight as this bust of Justo Rufino Barrios, who led Guatemala from 1873 until his death in 1885. A liberal reformer, Barrios expanded coffee cultivation, seized Church property, and pursued a plan to reunite the Central American republics under one government, an ambition that ended when he was killed in battle at Chalchuapa in El Salvador. The caption card gives no date for this wood engraving, so it is best read as a likeness of a leader who remained a prominent figure in Guatemalan public memory.

Medium1 print : wood engraving.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan988 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-119824

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