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Emanuel Giebel – Historic Reproduction

Emanuel Giebel, [no date recorded on caption card] — antique engraving
Emanuel Giebel, [no date recorded on caption card]. Antique engraving 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.)

Description

This antique engraving of Emanuel Giebel 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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Emanuel Giebel

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This engraved portrait is catalogued under the name Emanuel Giebel, and the caption card carries a biographical tracing but no date, so the sitter's identity and the year of the image remain unconfirmed. Engraved portraits like this one were widely produced in the nineteenth century, when they illustrated books, periodicals, and commemorative publications. Engraving allowed fine line work to render the sitter's face, clothing, and setting in detail, and the surviving impression offers a useful look at how such likenesses were reproduced and circulated.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 print : engraving.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Biog.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,455 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-157118

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