Sam. De Witt – Antique 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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Sam. De Witt in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Sam. De Witt
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The record for this glass negative gives only the name "Sam. De Witt," and the note says even that title comes from unverified information on the negative or its caption card, so the sitter and the occasion remain unconfirmed. It belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, the work of the Bain News Service, a New York picture agency that George Grantham Bain founded around 1899 to supply newspapers with photographs of current events and public figures. Its glass plates, made in the early twentieth century, document much of that period's public life, and the caption cards that traveled with them are often the only written link to a picture's subject.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch seven loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,072 × 5,704 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-31335 |
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