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John Howard Payne statue, [Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.] – Vintage Wall Art

John Howard Payne statue, [Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.], [between 1920 and 1921] — historic photograph
John Howard Payne statue, [Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.], [between 1920 and 1921]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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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Step back in time with John Howard Payne statue, [Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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John Howard Payne statue, [Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.]

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A monument to John Howard Payne stands in Oak Hill Cemetery in Georgetown, where the author of "Home, Sweet Home" was reinterred in 1883, decades after he died in Tunis. Payne wrote the lyrics for the song in 1823 for the opera *Clari*, and it became one of the most widely sung songs of the nineteenth century. This glass negative, made by the National Photo Company around 1920 to 1921, records the memorial as the firm documented Washington's sites in that period. Streaks and other blemishes on the plate come from the natural deterioration of its original coatings.

Created / published[between 1920 and 1921]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch seven.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,232 × 6,432 px · prints to 17 × 21 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-259112

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