Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931 – Vintage Wall Art
(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.)
Description
Step back in time with Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931, an antique engraving rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931
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Edison appears here as a wood engraving by Rem. W. Lane, published in the magazine Town Topics on August 9, 1894, a year when his name was already familiar to American readers through the phonograph and his electric lighting work. Wood engraving was still the standard way to reproduce portraits in periodicals before halftone photographic printing became common, so the image carries the look of its moment: fine cross-hatched lines building the face and shading. Edison, who held more patents than almost any inventor of his era, was frequently pictured in such publications as a symbol of practical American ingenuity.
| Created / published | 1894 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Notes | Wood engraving by Rem. W. Lane. Illus. in: Town Topics, 1894 Aug. 9. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: A/P/P I.; BI; Publ. Ind.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,251 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-151398 |
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