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Thomas Jefferson – Antique Wall Art

Thomas Jefferson, [no date recorded on caption card] — antique engraving
Thomas Jefferson, [no date recorded on caption card]. 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 rare antique engraving captures Thomas Jefferson in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Among the many portraits of Thomas Jefferson in the gallery, this steel engraving stands out for its lineage: it was cut by T. Knight from a drawing by an artist named Bouch, a chain of hands that was typical of nineteenth-century book and magazine illustration. Steel plates could hold finer lines and survive far longer printing runs than copper, which made them the workhorse for reproducing likenesses of national figures in volumes sold across the country. Jefferson, who served as the third president and wrote the Declaration of Independence, was a natural subject for such publications, and engravings like this one helped shape how generations of Americans pictured him. The caption card leaves the date unrecorded, so the exact year of publication remains uncertain.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 print : steel engraving.
NotesSteel engraving by T. Knight after drawing by Bouch. This record contains unverified data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan965 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-159588

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