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Balfour at Tomb of Washington – Vintage Wall Art

Balfour at Tomb of Washington, [between 1916 and 1917] — historic photograph
Balfour at Tomb of Washington, [between 1916 and 1917]. Historic photograph from the National Photo Company 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 photograph of Balfour at Tomb of Washington. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Arthur James Balfour, the British statesman who led Britain's wartime diplomatic mission to the United States in 1917, is the figure named in this view at the tomb of George Washington at Mount Vernon. The National Photo Company, a Washington studio that documented official visitors and city life in the early twentieth century, made many pictures of dignitaries paying respects at the Virginia estate. The studio's title and the 1916 to 1917 date range are unverified, so the exact occasion is not fully confirmed. Faint streaks and blemishes from deterioration of the original coating are visible on the glass.

Created / published[between 1916 and 1917]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch seven.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,505 × 5,105 px · prints to 22 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-262150

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