Thornycroft's "Cecil Rhodes" – Vintage Wall Art
(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 rare historic photograph captures Thornycroft's "Cecil Rhodes" in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Thornycroft's "Cecil Rhodes"
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Here the sculptor's name, Thornycroft, appears alongside the sitter's, which suggests the picture shows a sculpted portrait of Cecil Rhodes rather than the man himself. Hamo Thornycroft was a leading British sculptor of the late Victorian and Edwardian years, known for public monuments and portrait busts of prominent men. Rhodes, the mining magnate and colonial administrator who gave his name to Rhodesia, died in 1902, and memorials to him were commissioned in southern Africa and Britain in the years that followed. The caption comes from unverified news-service data, and no date is recorded.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,229 × 5,804 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-1301 |
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