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[Nathaniel Bacon, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing right] – Vintage Photo Print

[Nathaniel Bacon, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing right], [between 1760 and 1800] — antique engraving
[Nathaniel Bacon, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing right], [between 1760 and 1800]. 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.)

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This rare antique engraving captures [Nathaniel Bacon, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing right] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Nathaniel Bacon, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing right]

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Nathaniel Bacon, the Norfolk gentleman who lived from about 1593 to 1660, sits here in three-quarter length, and the print's notes credit the original painting to "Seipse," Latin for "himself," which points to a self-portrait. Bacon was unusual for his time: a landowner who painted for his own pleasure rather than for a living, working in the Dutch and Flemish manner of the seventeenth century. This engraving, made between 1760 and 1800, reflects the later period's interest in portraits of notable English figures, which circulated widely in collectors' volumes. The seated pose and direct, confident presentation are typical of the portraiture of that era.

Created / published[between 1760 and 1800]
Medium1 print : engraving.
GenrePortrait prints 1760-1800.Engravings 1760-1800.
NotesAfter painting by Seipse.
SubjectsBacon, Nathaniel,--1593-1660.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,087 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-162505

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