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[Mary Ball Washington, head and shoulders, most authentic of her portraits"]" – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Mary Ball Washington, head and shoulders, most authentic of her portraits"]" — historic photograph
[Mary Ball Washington, head and shoulders, most authentic of her portraits"]". 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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A window into the past: [Mary Ball Washington, head and shoulders, most authentic of her portraits"]", preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Mary Ball Washington, head and shoulders, most authentic of her portraits"]"

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This print lingers on the face of Mary Ball Washington, the mother of George Washington, and its caption claims it shows her most authentic likeness. She was widowed in 1743, when George was 11, and raised her children on the family's Virginia lands near Fredericksburg, where she managed affairs with notable independence. She lived to see her son lead the Continental Army and take office as president, and she died in 1789. Few images of her survive, so portraits of her were copied and circulated widely, and the photographic process itself shows how such likenesses were preserved and passed along.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,246 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-120490

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