Hancock Statue – Vintage Photo Print
![Hancock Statue, [between 1918 and 1920] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f1/f1591d7ba31c-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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Hancock Statue. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Hancock Statue
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Winfield Scott Hancock, the Union general whose troops held the Gettysburg line on the second day of the battle, sits astride his horse in this bronze equestrian monument in the capital. He also ran as the Democratic presidential nominee in 1880 and died in 1886, a few years before the statue was made. The National Photo Company, which recorded Washington's streets and monuments in the early twentieth century, made this glass negative sometime between 1918 and 1920. Streaks and blemishes that may appear on the plate likely come from the natural breakdown of its original coating.
| Created / published | [between 1918 and 1920] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch one. |
| Subjects | Hancock, Winfield Scott,--1824-1886. Monuments & memorials. Equestrian statues. United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.) |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 4,273 × 5,291 px · prints to 14 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-229460 |
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