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[Theodore Roosevelt, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front, right hand on stairway post] – Historic Photograph Print

[Theodore Roosevelt, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front, right hand on stairway post], [1903] — historic print
[Theodore Roosevelt, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front, right hand on stairway post], [1903]. Historic print from the Presidents 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 historic print captures [Theodore Roosevelt, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front, right hand on stairway post] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Rather than the seated, formal pose common in official presidential likenesses, this image shows Theodore Roosevelt standing full length, one hand resting on a stairway post. It reproduces a painting by John Singer Sargent, one of the leading portrait painters of the day, whose 1903 likeness of the president was widely admired. Halftone printing broke a painted image into tiny dots that a press could reproduce, which let such artwork appear in magazines and books for readers who would never see the original. The result presents Roosevelt as a confident, energetic public figure early in his presidency.

Created / published[1903]
Medium1 photomechanical print : halftone.
GenrePortraits 1900-1910.Halftone photomechanical prints 1900-1910.Art reproductions 1900-1910.
NotesReproduction of painting by John Singer Sargent.
SubjectsRoosevelt, Theodore,--1858-1919.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,012 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-167374

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