Alfred Moore, 1755-1810 – Historic Print
(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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Step back in time with Alfred Moore, 1755-1810, an antique engraving rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Alfred Moore, 1755-1810
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This portrait of Alfred Moore, a North Carolina lawyer and Revolutionary War officer, was engraved by J. Veagle and printed in the July 1820 issue of the *Literary and Scientific Repository and Critical Review*, a decade after Moore's death in 1810. Moore served as North Carolina's attorney general and then as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1800 until he resigned in 1804 because of ill health. Because the plate was made after he died, it likely drew on an earlier likeness or a secondhand source, which is worth keeping in mind when judging its fidelity. The magazine setting also shows how early American periodicals used engraved portraits to honor public figures.
| Created / published | 1820 July. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Notes | Engraving by J Veagle. Illus. in: Literary and scientific repository and critical review, no. 1, 1820 July. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: A/P/P I.; BI; Publ. Ind.; Shelf. Moore, Alfred, 1755-1810. Sources checked: Webster's; BI; BF; MUMS. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 825 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-171080 |
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