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[Thomas Jefferson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] – Antique Photo Print

[Thomas Jefferson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right], [Washington, D.C. : 1805] — antique engraving
[Thomas Jefferson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right], [Washington, D.C. : 1805]. 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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Of the many profile likenesses Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin made in the United States, this head-and-shoulders engraving shows Thomas Jefferson in Washington, D.C., in 1805, during his second term as president. Saint-Mémin traced each sitter's outline with a device called the physionotrace, reduced it with a pantograph, and then engraved the result, which let him produce a precise likeness quickly and in multiple impressions. The crisp profile set against a plain ground reflects the neoclassical taste of the period, when silhouette-like profiles were fashionable among the young republic's officials and merchants.

Created / published[Washington, D.C. : 1805]
Medium1 print : engraving.
GenrePortrait prints 1800-1810.Engravings 1800-1810.
NotesTitle devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 441 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : National Portrait Gallery, 1994, no. 446. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997.
SubjectsJefferson, Thomas,--1743-1826.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,113 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-106050

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