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[Library of Congress - symbolic figure of Philosophy] – Historic Reproduction

[Library of Congress - symbolic figure of Philosophy] — historic photograph
[Library of Congress - symbolic figure of Philosophy]. Historic photograph from the Library of Congress 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 photograph records a sculpture of Philosophy, a personified allegorical figure, by the Boston-born sculptor Bela Lyon Pratt. Pratt was known for Beaux-Arts figure work, and allegorical sculptures like this one were common in the civic and public buildings of his era, where they expressed learning and virtue through a human form. The print was made by the L.C. Handy Studio, a Washington, D.C., photography firm that documented a good deal of the capital's art and architecture. The caption card carries no date, so the exact year of the photograph is uncertain, but its Washington origin ties it to the city's building boom of the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SubjectsPhoto of sculpture by Bela L. Pratt, L.C. Handy Studio. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Pratt, Bela L.--Works; Philosophy; Sculpture; D.C.--Washington --LC.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,183 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-136074

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