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[Portrait of Tyrone Power, in John Brown's body"]" – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Portrait of Tyrone Power, in John Brown's body"]", 1953 Mar. 3. — historic photograph
[Portrait of Tyrone Power, in John Brown's body"]", 1953 Mar. 3.. 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 portrait shows Tyrone Power, the matinee idol best known for swashbuckling roles such as Zorro in the 1940s, and the title ties it to *John Brown's Body*, Stephen Vincent Benét's Pulitzer Prize-winning verse epic about the Civil War. Power was appearing in a stage production of that work when Carl Van Vechten made the portrait on March 3, 1953. Van Vechten, a writer and photographer who moved easily among theater, literary, and film circles, took many portraits of performers, and this sitting shows Power in a stage-era setting that was a departure from his film image. The print belongs to Van Vechten's large celebrity series, which his estate gave to the Library of Congress in 1966.

Created / published1953 Mar. 3.
Medium1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
GenrePortrait photographs.
NotesTitle derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XI KK 1. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, a LOT which in turn forms part of the Carl Van Vechten photograph collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsPower, Tyrone,--1914-1958.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,275 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-180530

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