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[Low, Frederick Ferdinand, 1828-1894 half-lgth, (7), U.S. Minister to China] – Antique Print

[Low, Frederick Ferdinand, 1828-1894 half-lgth, (7), U.S. Minister to China], 1869 — antique engraving
[Low, Frederick Ferdinand, 1828-1894 half-lgth, (7), U.S. Minister to China], 1869. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive 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 [Low, Frederick Ferdinand, 1828-1894 half-lgth, (7), U.S. Minister to China] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Frederick Low is shown here as a half-length portrait, taken from a photoprint by Mathew Brady's Washington studio and reproduced as a wood engraving for Harper's Weekly in November 1869. The record names him as a former governor of California and a banker, and the caption card's crossed-out title, "Ex-Governor Frederick F. Low," points to the moment of its publication. That year Low had just finished his term as U.S. Minister to China, and the engraving reflects the public interest in American envoys to Asia during the decade after the Burlingame era of diplomacy opened closer ties with Beijing.

Created / published1869
Medium1 print : wood engraving.
SubjectsIllus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 13, (1869 November 20), p. 749. Wood engraving after photoprint by Brady, Washington, D.C. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; BI; Shelf.; Periodicals; Low, Frederick Ferdinand, 1828-1894 [banker; diplomat; governor of California (Republican)]--Found WWW, BF; not found Webster's, BI, MUMS. Title crossed out on card: Ex-Governor Frederick F. Low
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,321 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-151215

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