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[Thomas Jefferson, bust portrait, facing slightly right] – Vintage Wall Art

[Thomas Jefferson, bust portrait, facing slightly right] — historic print
[Thomas Jefferson, bust portrait, facing slightly right]. Historic print from the Presidents 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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Step back in time with [Thomas Jefferson, bust portrait, facing slightly right], a historic print rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Thomas Jefferson, bust portrait, facing slightly right]

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Jefferson's face turns just to the right in this mezzotint, a tonal engraving process that builds soft gradations of light and shadow rather than relying on lines alone. The caption card gives no date, so the exact year of production is uncertain, but mezzotint portraits of this kind were widely reproduced in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, when Jefferson's likeness circulated among admirers and political supporters. Its value to researchers lies in showing how his public image was shaped by the printmaking trade of his era.

Medium1 print : mezzotint.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,066 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-127123

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