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Martin Van Buren – Vintage Print

Martin Van Buren, [no date recorded on caption card] — antique engraving
Martin Van Buren, [no date recorded on caption card]. 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 Martin Van Buren in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Martin Van Buren

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This engraving shows Martin Van Buren, the eighth president of the United States, who grew up in Kinderhook, New York, and built his career in the state's Democratic politics before serving under Andrew Jackson and then winning the presidency in 1836. The print reproduces a painting by Ezra Ames, an Albany portrait painter, so the image reflects an earlier likeness translated into engraved form for wider circulation. Because the caption card records no date, the exact moment of its creation is uncertain, but engravings like this were widely sold during Van Buren's public career. Notice how the engraver's line work conveys the sitter's features and dress in the conventions of its period.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 print : engraving.
NotesEngraving by H.W. Smith after Ezra Ames. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,033 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-107336

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