Meriwether Lewis – Vintage Print
(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 historic photograph of Meriwether Lewis brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Meriwether Lewis
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A photographic copy of a painting by Charles Willson Peale, the Philadelphia artist whose portrait of Meriwether Lewis is held in Independence Hall, gives this picture its particular link to the explorer. Lewis co-led the Corps of Discovery with William Clark from 1804 to 1806, and Peale's likeness helped shape how later generations pictured him. Lewis died in 1809 at Grinder's Stand along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee, the road now preserved as the Natchez Trace Parkway. According to an older caption card, this reproduction dates to about 1903, a time when interest in the expedition was growing.
| Created / published | c1903. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Reproduction of painting by C.W. Peale in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pa. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,565 × 3,330 px · prints to 9 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-114065 |
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