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[The Marquis of Salisbury, head and shoulders portrait, facing left] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[The Marquis of Salisbury, head and shoulders portrait, facing left] — historic photograph
[The Marquis of Salisbury, head and shoulders portrait, facing left]. 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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A window into the past: [The Marquis of Salisbury, head and shoulders portrait, facing left], preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[The Marquis of Salisbury, head and shoulders portrait, facing left]

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The Marquis of Salisbury is the sitter here, shown in a head-and-shoulders portrait turned to his left. Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, served three separate terms as British prime minister in the late 19th century and was also foreign secretary for much of that time, making him one of the dominant figures of the Victorian era in British politics. The record does not give a date for the photograph, so it is best read as a general portrait of a statesman whose public image was widely circulated in print during his years in office. Photographic portraits like this one were often reproduced and sold as cartes de visite or cabinet cards, which helped build a recognizable public face for political leaders of the period.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,127 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-133740

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