Hon. J.W. Fortescue and wife – Antique Print
(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 photograph of Hon. J.W. Fortescue and wife. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Hon. J.W. Fortescue and wife
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Captioned simply as the Honorable J.W. Fortescue and his wife, this glass negative comes from the Bain News Service, the New York press photo agency run by George Grantham Bain in the early twentieth century. Bain's photographers supplied newspapers with portraits of public figures, visitors and society people, so the collection is rich in such sitters. The title was recorded by the agency and has not been independently verified, and no date survives, leaving the occasion uncertain. It remains a useful example of how news studios presented notable couples to a public eager for images of people in the news.
| 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 eight loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,180 × 7,515 px · prints to 17 × 25 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-36330 |
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