Prince Leopold, Belg. – Vintage Wall Art
(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 Prince Leopold, Belg., a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Prince Leopold, Belg.
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Labeled simply as Prince Leopold of Belgium, this glass negative comes from the Bain News Service, a New York agency that supplied news photographs to newspapers in the early 1900s. The title comes from caption information the service recorded, and the record does not confirm which Leopold is shown or when the picture was made. Portraits of European royalty were a steady draw for American papers in those years, so the picture reflects the public appetite for news of Belgium's royal family. Glass plates captured sharp detail but broke easily, so many of these negatives survive as the only record of the moment.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch four loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,222 × 5,798 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-18170 |
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