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[George Washington, head and shoulders, facing right] – Historic Print

[George Washington, head and shoulders, facing right] — historic image
[George Washington, head and shoulders, facing right]. Historic image 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 image of [George Washington, head and shoulders, facing right]. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[George Washington, head and shoulders, facing right]

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Washington appears here in a head-and-shoulders view turned to the right, a profile-style pose that echoes many formal portraits made for public display. The record dates the print to about 1900, a period when his image was reproduced widely in books, schoolroom materials, and patriotic publications. The centennial of his death in 1799 had just passed, and interest in his likeness ran high as the nation looked back on its founding. The record does not name the artist or the earlier portrait this image may have been copied from, so its exact source is unclear.

Medium1 item.
Notesc1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,265 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-134579

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