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[George Washington, bust, left profile] – Vintage Print

[George Washington, bust, left profile] — historic photograph
[George Washington, bust, left profile]. Historic photograph from the Presidents 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [George Washington, bust, left profile]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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A left-profile bust of George Washington, the first president, is the particular feature of this print: the sculpted head is turned to the viewer's left, a stance that echoes the profile convention used on coins and medals in the early United States. Busts like this were copied widely in plaster, marble and bronze during the 19th century, when Washington's image was used to signal civic virtue in homes, schools and public buildings. The caption card gives no date, so the exact year of the photograph is unknown, but photographic reproductions of sculpted portraits such as this one were commonly made to preserve and circulate a likeness of the national founder.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,218 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-134587

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