Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931 – Historic Print
(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 Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931 in remarkable 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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Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931
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The steel-plate engraving of Thomas Alva Edison shows him at a moment when his fame was growing quickly. In 1878 he was working at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey, where the phonograph had been announced the year before. The engraver, A.E. Ritchie, worked in a tradition that gave sitters a dignified, finely lined face, suited to magazines and book frontispieces. The date comes from an unverified caption card, so the piece is best read as a record of Edison's rising public profile.
| Created / published | 1878 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : steel engraving. |
| Notes | Steel engraving by A.E. Ritchie. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: A/P/P I.; BI; Shelf; Publ. Ind. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,041 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-151393 |
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