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[Simon Kenton, 1755-1836, bust portrait, facing left] – Vintage Wall Art

[Simon Kenton, 1755-1836, bust portrait, facing left] — antique lithograph
[Simon Kenton, 1755-1836, bust portrait, facing left]. Antique lithograph 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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This antique lithograph of [Simon Kenton, 1755-1836, bust portrait, facing left] brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Simon Kenton, 1755-1836, bust portrait, facing left]

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Simon Kenton (1755-1836) was a frontiersman whose life spanned the settlement of Kentucky and the Ohio country, and this lithograph shows him in a bust portrait turned to the left. The caption card gives no date, so the print's exact making is uncertain, though portraits of Kenton circulated in the nineteenth century as his reputation as a scout, Indian fighter and early settler grew. Kenton was captured and survived several close calls on the frontier, and his name became attached to the westward expansion that shaped the region. The lithograph is a useful reminder of how frontier figures were remembered in print.

Medium1 print : lithograph.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,048 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-125743

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