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Painting of Martha Washington, White House, [Washington, D.C.] – Antique Print

Painting of Martha Washington, White House, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1926] — historic photograph
Painting of Martha Washington, White House, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1926]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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 Painting of Martha Washington, White House, [Washington, D.C.]. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Painting of Martha Washington, White House, [Washington, D.C.]

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A painted likeness of Martha Washington, photographed at the White House, is the subject of this glass negative. The National Photo Company, which worked in Washington in the early twentieth century, documented government buildings and the city's public life, so the plate also shows how the executive mansion displayed its history to visitors. Painted portraits of Martha Washington, many modeled on Gilbert Stuart's work, were widely copied and hung in official rooms. The glass shows streaks and blemishes from the natural deterioration of its coating, which give the image a faded, softened quality.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1926]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch seven.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,153 × 6,438 px · prints to 17 × 21 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-261762

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