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[Dominique Francois Jean Arago, 1786-1853, sculpture, bust] – Antique Print

[Dominique Francois Jean Arago, 1786-1853, sculpture, bust] — historic photograph
[Dominique Francois Jean Arago, 1786-1853, sculpture, bust]. 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 [Dominique Francois Jean Arago, 1786-1853, sculpture, bust] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Dominique Francois Jean Arago, 1786-1853, sculpture, bust]

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François Arago, the French physicist and astronomer, is the subject of this photographic print of a bust, though the caption card gives no date and does not name the sculptor. Arago directed the Paris Observatory and studied the nature of light. In 1839 he presented Daguerre's photographic process to the French Academy of Sciences, which tied his name to the early history of photography. As a republican politician in the government of 1848, he also pushed for an end to slavery in the French colonies.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,159 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-119687

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