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[James Barbour, 1775-1842, bust portrait, facing right] – Vintage Wall Art

[James Barbour, 1775-1842, bust portrait, facing right] — antique lithograph
[James Barbour, 1775-1842, bust portrait, facing right]. Antique lithograph 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 lithograph captures [James Barbour, 1775-1842, bust portrait, facing right] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[James Barbour, 1775-1842, bust portrait, facing right]

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James Barbour (1775-1842) was a Virginia lawyer and politician who served as governor of Virginia, U.S. senator, and later U.S. Secretary of War under John Quincy Adams, so this bust-length lithograph shows a figure whose career spanned the early republic's state and national politics. The print shows him in profile, facing right, a convention of portraiture that emphasized the sitter's outline and dignity. Lithography, developed in the 1790s and widely used by the 1820s and 1830s, allowed portraits like this one to circulate cheaply among readers and collectors. The caption card records no date, so the exact year of printing is uncertain.

Medium1 print : lithograph.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan842 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-129090

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