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[Albert Einstein, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] – Vintage Wall Art

[Albert Einstein, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left], [c1945] — historic photograph
[Albert Einstein, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left], [c1945]. Historic photograph 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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This rare historic photograph captures [Albert Einstein, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Albert Einstein sits turned to his left in this head-and-shoulders study, a pose that shows the profile of his face, the famously unruly hair, and the mustache that defined his later public image. The portrait dates to around 1945, when Einstein was in his mid-sixties and had spent more than a decade in the United States after leaving Germany in 1933. The Library of Congress holds it under a copyright registration by New York photographer John D. Schiff, one of the many studio portraits made of Einstein during the 1940s as his fame as a scientist and public voice on nuclear arms grew.

Created / published[c1945]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1940-1950.Photographic prints 1940-1950.
NotesJ5674 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by John D. Schiff, New York.
SubjectsEinstein, Albert,--1879-1955.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,299 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-182736

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