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Pen-and-ink head-and-shoulders portrait of Albert Einstein with handwritten German quote – Vintage Wall Art

Pen-and-ink head-and-shoulders portrait of Albert Einstein with handwritten German quote — historic image
Pen-and-ink head-and-shoulders portrait of Albert Einstein with handwritten German quote. Historic image from the Work & Industry collection.

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This rare historic image captures Pen-and-ink head-and-shoulders portrait of Albert Einstein with handwritten German quote in remarkable detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.

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Pen-and-ink head-and-shoulders portrait of Albert Einstein with handwritten German quote

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A pen-and-ink head-and-shoulders study pairs Albert Einstein's likeness with a handwritten German quotation, so the drawing works as both portrait and text. Einstein, who developed the special and general theories of relativity, was German-born and published his early groundbreaking papers in German, which ties the script closely to his own voice. Portraits of him circulated widely after he received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics, and images like this helped carry his face and ideas beyond academic circles. Look closely at the lettering, because the words are as much a part of the picture as the features.

Original scan3,056 × 3,720 px · prints to 10 × 12 in at 300 dpi
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