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[James Russell Lowell, 1819-1891; full length, facing right, seated in room] – Antique Wall Art

[James Russell Lowell, 1819-1891; full length, facing right, seated in room] — historic photograph
[James Russell Lowell, 1819-1891; full length, facing right, seated in room]. 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 rare historic photograph captures [James Russell Lowell, 1819-1891; full length, facing right, seated in room] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[James Russell Lowell, 1819-1891; full length, facing right, seated in room]

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Unlike the head-and-shoulders studies of James Russell Lowell that are most often reproduced, this one shows him full length, seated and turned toward the right within a room. Lowell (1819-1891) was a poet, critic and longtime editor of the *Atlantic Monthly*, and he later served as American minister to Spain and then to Britain. The record dates the picture to about 1890, near the end of his life, after he had returned to Cambridge, Massachusetts. The room is described only in general terms on the caption card, so the setting is best read as an ordinary domestic interior of the period.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notesc1890.
SubjectsThis record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Interiors--Misc.--1890; BI; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,959 × 1,500 px · prints to 7 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-137590

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