[Senator John B. Gordon, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] – Antique Photo Print
![[Senator John B. Gordon, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right], [between 1880 and 1900] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d5/d530e0027b8a-L.webp)
(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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Step back in time with [Senator John B. Gordon, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right], a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Senator John B. Gordon, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]
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John Brown Gordon, the Georgia politician and former Confederate general, sits in this head-and-shoulders portrait turned toward the right, a pose that was common for formal studio work of the period. Gordon served in the U.S. Senate from 1873 to 1880 and again from 1891 to 1897, and he was also Georgia's governor from 1886 to 1890. The photograph dates from roughly 1880 to 1900, a span in which Gordon moved between state and national office and became one of the most visible figures of the postwar South. Portraits like this one were often used in newspapers, campaign material, and public collections, so they helped shape how voters and the nation saw such men.
| Created / published | [between 1880 and 1900] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1880-1900.Photographic prints 1880-1900. |
| Subjects | Gordon, John Brown,--1832-1904. Legislators--Georgia--1880-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,767 × 4,711 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221448 |
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