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Sylvester Graham – Vintage Print

Sylvester Graham, New York : Harper & Brothers, 1880. — antique engraving
Sylvester Graham, New York : Harper & Brothers, 1880.. 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 wood engraving of Sylvester Graham, the minister and dietary reformer, was published in *Harper's New Monthly Magazine* in 1880, nearly three decades after his death in 1851. Graham, a Presbyterian minister, promoted coarsely ground whole-wheat flour, plain vegetables and water, and temperance, arguing that simple eating would calm the passions and improve health. Flour and crackers that still carry his name grew out of those ideas. Magazine portraits like this one, cut in wood for mass printing, helped keep his reputation alive long after his public campaigns had ended.

Created / publishedNew York : Harper & Brothers, 1880.
Medium1 print : wood engraving.
GenrePortrait prints 1880.Periodical illustrations 1880.Wood engravings 1880.
NotesIllus. in: Harper's new monthly magazine, v. 60 (1880), p. 190. Reference copy in BIOG FILE - Graham, Sylvester, 1794-1851.
SubjectsGraham, Sylvester,--1794-1851.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,197 × 5,118 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-199802

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