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[George Washington, head and shoulders, left profile] – Historic Print

[George Washington, head and shoulders, left profile] — antique engraving
[George Washington, head and shoulders, left profile]. Antique engraving from the Washington 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.)

Description

Step back in time with [George Washington, head and shoulders, left profile], an antique engraving rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[George Washington, head and shoulders, left profile]

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Here the subject is George Washington seen in left profile, shown from the head and shoulders, a format engravers used often for portraits meant to be copied and hung in homes, taverns, and schoolrooms. Profile views were a familiar convention in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, borrowed from classical coins and medals, and they gave Washington a dignified, almost monumental look. The caption card gives no date, so the exact year of the engraving is unknown, but portraits like this circulated widely after his death in 1799 as part of the national cult of his memory. Its value to researchers lies in how it shows the way his image was shaped for public display.

Medium1 print : engraving.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,197 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-134588

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