Caruso – 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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Caruso comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Enrico Caruso, the Italian tenor, is the subject of this glass negative, one of many portraits the Bain News Service produced of performers and public figures in the early twentieth century. Caruso was among the most famous opera singers of his day, known for his recordings and his long run at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and press photographers of the period often sought out such celebrities for portraits. The record gives no date or photographer, and the title comes from unverified caption data, so the exact occasion is uncertain. George Grantham Bain's agency supplied newspapers with images like this one, and the glass negatives remain a valuable record of how the press pictured stars of the stage.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch six loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,891 × 3,322 px · prints to 16 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-26864 |
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