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[William Penn, half-length portrait, facing right] – Historic Photograph Print

[William Penn, half-length portrait, facing right], Paris : Goupin & Co., c1897. — historic print
[William Penn, half-length portrait, facing right], Paris : Goupin & Co., c1897.. Historic print 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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Step back in time with [William Penn, half-length portrait, facing right], a historic print rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Shown in half-length and turned to the right, this print presents William Penn (1644-1718), the Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania after receiving a royal charter in 1681. Penn laid out Philadelphia as a planned city and promoted the colony as a place of religious tolerance. The print was issued by Goupin & Co. of Paris around 1897, while its copyright notice names the Boston publisher Little, Brown, & Co., a reminder that American publishers often commissioned illustrations from European firms.

Created / publishedParis : Goupin & Co., c1897.
Medium1 print.
GenrePortrait prints 1890-1900.Prints 1890-1900.
Notes73565 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Little, Brown, & Co.
SubjectsPenn, William,--1644-1718.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,273 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-183417

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