[Clara Barton, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] – Vintage Wall Art
![[Clara Barton, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right], ca. 1865. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/57/579a39518983-L.webp)
(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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[Clara Barton, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Clara Barton, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]
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Clara Barton's own collection preserves this carte de visite, a small albumen print mounted on card and made around 1865, the years when she was best known for locating missing soldiers after the Civil War. The format was enormously popular in that period, and Union nurses and relief workers often sold or traded such portraits to build public recognition for their work. Barton, who had served on battlefields and in army hospitals before founding what became the American Red Cross in 1881, is shown in a plain head-and-shoulders pose facing right. The portrait is a modest reminder of how wartime celebrity was circulated in small, affordable images.
| Created / published | ca. 1865. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on carte de visite mount. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1860-1870.Cartes de visite 1860-1870.Photographic prints 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Clara Barton Collection. Exhibited in: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2004-2005. |
| Subjects | Barton, Clara,--1821-1912. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,826 × 4,657 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219900 |
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