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[George Washington, bust, left profile; last portrait from life, age 66] – Vintage Wall Art

[George Washington, bust, left profile; last portrait from life, age 66] — antique engraving
[George Washington, bust, left profile; last portrait from life, age 66]. Antique engraving from the Presidents 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: [George Washington, bust, left profile; last portrait from life, age 66], preserved in this antique engraving. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[George Washington, bust, left profile; last portrait from life, age 66]

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Few images of Washington claim to be drawn from life at this late stage, and this engraved bust in left profile is presented as his last portrait made from life, at age 66. By 1798 he had been out of the presidency for about a year and was living at Mount Vernon, though he was soon called back to lead the army during tensions with France. Profile busts like this one were widely copied in the early republic, where engravings carried his likeness into homes, schoolrooms and public buildings long after he stopped sitting for artists.

Medium1 print : engraving.
Notes1798
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan929 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-134584

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