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[W.H. Crawford] – Historic Reproduction

[W.H. Crawford] — antique engraving
[W.H. Crawford]. Antique engraving 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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Step back in time with [W.H. Crawford], an antique engraving rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Here the sitter is William Harris Crawford, whose name appears in the cataloguer's bracketed title because the caption card gives no date. A Georgia lawyer and senator, Crawford served as Secretary of War and then Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Madison and Monroe, and he was a leading contender for the presidency in 1824 before a paralytic stroke in 1823 left him severely weakened. Engraved likenesses like this one were a common way for prominent public men of that era to reach readers through newspapers, books and printed sheets, so the portrait offers a glimpse of how his public image was circulated.

Medium1 print : engraving.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,100 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-118550

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