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[George Washington, 1732-1799. Foreign portraits. Full, facing right] – Vintage Photo Print

[George Washington, 1732-1799. Foreign portraits. Full, facing right] — antique engraving
[George Washington, 1732-1799. Foreign portraits. Full, facing right]. Antique engraving from the Presidents 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 antique engraving of [George Washington, 1732-1799. Foreign portraits. Full, facing right] brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[George Washington, 1732-1799. Foreign portraits. Full, facing right]

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This stipple engraving is one of the portraits of George Washington produced abroad, in a full-length view with the subject turned to the right. Stipple engraving builds tone from thousands of tiny dots rather than lines, which gave European printmakers a soft, painterly finish that suited the fashion for lifelike portraits of public figures. Washington's fame after the American Revolution made him a subject for engravers across Europe, who often copied likenesses from American or British paintings and sold the results to readers curious about the new republic's leader. The card gives no date, so the print's exact year remains uncertain.

Medium1 print : stipple engraving.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan997 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-126875

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