Meriwether Lewis – Historic Reproduction
![Meriwether Lewis, [between 1890 and 1940] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/76/76cd46a6e634-L.webp)
(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 Meriwether Lewis, a historic print rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Meriwether Lewis
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This portrait of Meriwether Lewis reproduces a drawing by Saint-Mémin, the French-born artist known for precise profile likenesses made with a mechanical device called the physiognotrace. Lewis led the expedition to the Pacific with William Clark, and he died at age 35 in October 1809 at Grinder's Stand on the Natchez Trace, the old travel route the parkway now follows. This halftone print, made between 1890 and 1940, shows how a fine drawing could travel into books and magazines once photomechanical reproduction became common.
| Created / published | [between 1890 and 1940] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone. |
| Genre | Portraits 1800-1860.Halftone photomechanical prints 1890-1940.Art reproductions 1890-1940. |
| Notes | Reproduction of a drawing by Saint-Mémin. Collection Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis. |
| Subjects | Lewis, Meriwether,--1774-1809. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,766 × 3,849 px · prints to 9 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-177996 |
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