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George Washington, Head-And-Shoulders Portrait, Facing Slightly Left – Vintage Photo Print

George Washington, Head-And-Shoulders Portrait, Facing Slightly Left, c. 1929 — historic print
George Washington, Head-And-Shoulders Portrait, Facing Slightly Left, c. 1929. Historic print from the Washington 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.)

Description

Step back in time with George Washington, Head-And-Shoulders Portrait, Facing Slightly Left, a historic print rich in period detail. 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 Portrait, Facing Slightly Left

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Stuart's Athenaeum likeness, painted from life in 1796 and now at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is the source for this color halftone, which shows Washington's head and shoulders turned slightly to the left. The Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company, a Boston firm, produced the print around 1929, when affordable color reproductions of national portraits were widely sold for schools and homes. Stuart's image later served as the model for the face on the one-dollar bill, which helps explain why it remains the most recognizable likeness of the first president.

Created / publishedc. 1929
Medium1 photomechanical print, halftone, color
NotesFrom the Athenaeum portrait by Gilbert Stuart, now in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,500 × 1,839 px · prints to 5 × 6 in at 300 dpi
Reference31_00003

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