Seated young man in sweater against dark backdrop, hands clasped – Antique Wall Art
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Description
A window into the past: Seated young man in sweater against dark backdrop, hands clasped, preserved in this historic image. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Seated young man in sweater against dark backdrop, hands clasped
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Nothing in the record names the sitter or dates the portrait, so the picture is best read through its pose. A young man sits with his hands clasped against a dark backdrop, a plain setup typical of studio portraits from the late 1800s and early 1900s, when a clear background kept attention on the face and posture. The record does not tie the image to Ford's Theater, which is a national historic site in Washington, D.C., where President Abraham Lincoln was shot in 1865. Visitors interested in the theater's history will find more context in the site's own materials.
| Original scan | 1,150 × 1,323 px · prints to 4 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | L-D-17 |
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