William S. Groesbeck – Antique Wall Art
(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 William S. Groesbeck, an antique engraving rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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William S. Groesbeck
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Lawyer and former congressman William S. Groesbeck of Cincinnati appears here as a wood engraving made from a photograph by Brady & Co., the studio associated with Mathew Brady. The portrait ran in *Harper's Weekly* on April 25, 1868, on page 260, while the Senate impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson was underway, and Groesbeck was one of the lawyers defending the president. Weekly illustrated papers of that era relied on engravers to turn photographs into printing blocks, so the likeness reflects both the studio's posed portrait and the engraver's hand.
| Created / published | 1868 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Notes | Wood engraving after photo by Brady & Co. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, (1868 April 25), p. 260. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.; Ph. Ind. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,212 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-155554 |
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