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[John Cadwalader, 1742-1787, bust portrait, facing right] – Vintage Photo Print

[John Cadwalader, 1742-1787, bust portrait, facing right] — historic print
[John Cadwalader, 1742-1787, bust portrait, facing right]. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive 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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A window into the past: [John Cadwalader, 1742-1787, bust portrait, facing right], preserved in this historic print. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[John Cadwalader, 1742-1787, bust portrait, facing right]

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John Cadwalader (1742-1787) was a Philadelphia lawyer, merchant and Continental Army officer, and this mezzotint shows him in a bust portrait turned to the right, a pose that was standard for formal likenesses of the period. Mezzotint was a labor-intensive engraving method that could render soft gradations of light and shadow, which made it popular for portraits of prominent colonial and early republic figures. The caption card records no date, so the print's exact year of production is uncertain. Cadwalader's own career, including his role as a Pennsylvania militia and Continental officer during the Revolution, gives the image its historical weight.

Medium1 print : mezzotint.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,241 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-125400

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