The late William H. Vanderbilt / T.A. Butler sc. ; photographed by Bogardus. The Vanderbilt tomb at New Dorp, Staten Island / drawn by Charles Graham from the architect's drawings. – Historic Photograph Print
(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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Step back in time with The late William H. Vanderbilt / T.A. Butler sc. ; photographed by Bogardus. The Vanderbilt tomb at New Dorp, Staten Island / drawn by Charles Graham from the architect's drawings., a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The late William H. Vanderbilt / T.A. Butler sc. ; photographed by Bogardus. The Vanderbilt tomb at New Dorp, Staten Island / drawn by Charles Graham from the architect's drawings.
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Rather than a single portrait, this sheet pairs a likeness of William H. Vanderbilt with a view of the family tomb at New Dorp, Staten Island, which was drawn from the architect's plans. Vanderbilt, the railroad financier who had inherited the bulk of his father Cornelius Vanderbilt's fortune, died in December 1885, and *Harper's Weekly* published the engraving in its issue of December 19 that year. The portrait was based on a photograph by Bogardus, one of the leading New York studio photographers of the period, and the engraving was cut by T. A. Butler. Wood engravings like this one were how most readers saw photographs and architecture before halftone printing became common.
| Created / published | 1885 December 19. |
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| Medium | 2 prints (1 page) : wood engraving. |
| Genre | Portrait prints 1880-1890.Periodical illustrations 1880-1890.Wood engravings 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Title from item. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 29, no. 1513 (1885 December 19), p. 845. |
| Subjects | Vanderbilt, William H. (William Henry),--1821-1885--Tomb. Tombs & sepulchral monuments--New York (State)--New York--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,195 × 6,451 px · prints to 17 × 22 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-213226 |
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