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[George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait] – Vintage Wall Art

[George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait], c1904. — historic photograph
[George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait], c1904.. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait]. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Rather than a camera portrait of Washington, this glass negative records a painting by Rembrandt Peale, and the Latin inscription on its jacket, *Patriae pater*, means "father of the country." That title, applied to Washington during and after his lifetime, shows how quickly he became a national symbol. Peale painted him from life in 1795, and his likeness helped shape how later generations pictured the first president. The Detroit Publishing Company made and sold photographs of paintings, scenery and cities around 1904, so this copy reflects that commercial archive. The cracked upper right corner of the glass is damage the cataloger recorded.

Created / publishedc1904.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
NotesTitle devised by cataloger; Caption on jacket: Patriae pater. Negative broken and cracked from upper right corner. Photograph of a painting by Rembrandt Peale, inscribed Patriae pater
SubjectsWashington, George,--1732-1799.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan810 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-75750

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