Gov. Desha Breckingridge – Antique Print
![Gov. Desha Breckingridge, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f3/f369cacb55f0-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.)
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This historic photograph of Gov. Desha Breckingridge brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Gov. Desha Breckingridge
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Rather than a snapshot, this picture is a photographic reproduction of a painted portrait, so the image records a formal likeness made for display rather than a moment caught on the street. The caption card gives the subject as "Gov. Desha Breckinridge," but the name is better known in connection with Kentucky journalism and Democratic politics, where Breckinridge worked as a newspaper editor. The record has no date, so the original painting's age and its patron are unknown. Portraits of this kind were often copied as photoprints so that a sitter's likeness could circulate in newspapers, public offices, and private homes.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint of painting. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,087 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-108312 |
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