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[Justo Rufino Barrios, 1835-, head and shoulders, facing right] – Antique Wall Art

[Justo Rufino Barrios, 1835-, head and shoulders, facing right] — antique engraving
[Justo Rufino Barrios, 1835-, head and shoulders, facing right]. 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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A window into the past: [Justo Rufino Barrios, 1835-, head and shoulders, facing right], preserved in this antique engraving. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Justo Rufino Barrios, 1835-, head and shoulders, facing right]

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Justo Rufino Barrios (born 1835) was president of Guatemala from 1873 until his death in battle in 1885, and this photo-engraving shows him in a formal head-and-shoulders view turned to his right. Reproductions like this one were widely circulated in the 1890s, when newspapers and illustrated periodicals relied on photo-engraving to print portraits quickly and cheaply. The record dates the print to 1897, twelve years after Barrios's death, so it likely served as a memorial image of a leader remembered for his liberal reforms, including the expansion of coffee cultivation and efforts to curb the Catholic Church's influence. Notice the crisp tonal detail the process could hold on a small printed page.

Medium1 print : photo-engraving.
Notes[1897]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,018 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-121823

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