ALFONSO XIII – Antique Wall Art
(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 rare historic photograph captures ALFONSO XIII in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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ALFONSO XIII
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Alfonso XIII, who reigned as king of Spain from his birth in 1886 until 1931, is the subject of this glass negative from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress. The Bain News Service, a New York photo agency, sent images like this one to newspapers and magazines in the early twentieth century, when portraits of European royalty were in steady demand. The record gives only the title supplied on the original negative or caption card, which the Library notes has not been independently verified, so the exact date and occasion are unknown. Alfonso's long reign, which ended with the proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic in 1931, makes any portrait from these years a window onto a monarchy in transition.
| 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 five loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,729 × 4,203 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-25016 |
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