William Irwin, 1827-1886 – Antique Print
(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 antique engraving of William Irwin, 1827-1886 brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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William Irwin, 1827-1886
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Here, the sitter is William Irwin, identified on the original caption as governor-elect of California, which places the portrait in the weeks after his September 1875 election. The likeness was made by Bradley & Rulofson, a San Francisco photography studio, and the wood engraving was published in *Harper's Weekly* on October 23, 1875. Before halftone printing became practical, national illustrated weeklies like *Harper's* turned studio photographs into engravings, so the print shows both a portrait and the way news images traveled in the 1870s. Irwin took office in early 1876, and the record's details are older catalog notes that have not been fully verified.
| Created / published | 1875 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Notes | Wood engraving after photo. by Bradley & Rulofson, San Francisco. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1875 Oct. 23, p. 856. Ref. copy may be in BIOG FILE. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Phtoog. I.; BI: Shelf. Gov-elect Calif. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,013 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-106543 |
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