Sidney L. Smith, half-length portrait seated at desk – Historic Photo Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Sidney L. Smith, half-length portrait seated at desk comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Sidney L. Smith, half-length portrait seated at desk
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Sidney L. Smith sits behind a desk in this half-length portrait, the desk and the room around him signaling the working life of a reader or keeper of books. Portraits of this kind, posed at a writing table, were a common way for professionals of the period to present themselves as serious and studious, and the library setting connects the sitter to the institutions where knowledge was gathered and organized. The tight framing leaves the face and hands in focus, which makes the pose and any props worth studying for what they reveal about the sitter's role.
| Original scan | 3,816 × 5,679 px · prints to 13 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif15506_SidneyLSmithhalflengthportrait |
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