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[George Washington, bust portrait, facing left] – Historic Photograph Print

[George Washington, bust portrait, facing left] — antique engraving
[George Washington, bust portrait, facing left]. Antique engraving 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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This antique engraving of [George Washington, bust portrait, facing left] brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[George Washington, bust portrait, facing left]

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Few likenesses of George Washington spread as widely as the portrait Gilbert Stuart painted, and this bust-length engraving by J. Thomson, after that painting, shows the president facing left. Prints like this carried Stuart's image into books, newspapers and homes across the young republic, at a time when most Americans had never seen Washington in person. The caption card records no date, so the print is best read as one of many reproductions after the original rather than a record of a particular sitting. Stuart's 1790s likeness became the model for later images, including the one used on the one-dollar bill.

Medium1 print : engraving.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SubjectsEngraving by J. Thomson, after painting by Gilbert Stuart. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI--Works; Presidential I.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan962 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-129080

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