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[John Hay, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left] – Historic Photograph Print

[John Hay, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left], c1902. — historic photograph
[John Hay, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left], c1902.. 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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[John Hay, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left]

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This three-quarter length portrait shows John Hay seated and turned to the left, a pose that keeps the focus on his face and bearing. It was made by J.E. Purdy of Boston around 1902, when Hay was serving as Secretary of State under Theodore Roosevelt, a post that placed him at the center of the Open Door policy toward China. Hay was also a poet, known for *Pike County Ballads*, and a former private secretary to Abraham Lincoln, so portraits of him from this period often present him as both statesman and man of letters.

Created / publishedc1902.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesCopyright by J.E. Purdy, Boston. No. 1.
SubjectsHay, John,--1838-1905.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,127 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-167880

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