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[Thomas Jefferson, bust portrait, facing left] – Antique Photo Print

[Thomas Jefferson, bust portrait, facing left] — antique engraving
[Thomas Jefferson, bust portrait, facing left]. 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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A window into the past: [Thomas Jefferson, bust portrait, facing left], preserved in this antique engraving. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Thomas Jefferson, bust portrait, facing left]

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Engraved by T. Johnson after Gilbert Stuart's painting, this bust-length portrait shows Thomas Jefferson turned to the left. It appeared in the Century Magazine in 1887, when the magazine was running illustrated pieces on the nation's presidents and reproducing older paintings as engravings. Stuart painted Jefferson more than once, and his likenesses became the standard visual model for the third president. Line engraving was slow, hand-cut work, so the fine lines in the face and coat are worth a closer look.

Medium1 print : line engraving.
Notes1887
SubjectsLine engraving by T. Johnson, after the painting by Gilbert Stuart, in Century Magazine, 1887. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI--Works; Presidential I.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan968 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-130388

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