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[Edward Rutledge, 1749-1800, half-length portrait] – Historic Photograph Print

[Edward Rutledge, 1749-1800, half-length portrait] — antique engraving
[Edward Rutledge, 1749-1800, half-length portrait]. Antique engraving 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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This rare antique engraving captures [Edward Rutledge, 1749-1800, half-length portrait] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Edward Rutledge, 1749-1800, half-length portrait]

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Edward Rutledge was 26 when he signed the Declaration of Independence, which made him the youngest of the signers. This half-length engraving shows him as the young South Carolina lawyer who had joined the Continental Congress in 1774. He was later captured when the British took Charleston in 1780, and he returned to public life to serve as governor of South Carolina before his death in 1800. The caption card gives no date for the print, so it is best read as a later likeness of a man whose career spanned the founding era and the early republic.

Medium1 print : engraving.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan995 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-128335

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