George Washington Campbell, secretary of the treasury, 1814 – Antique Print
![George Washington Campbell, secretary of the treasury, 1814, [between 1860 and 1880] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f6/f6578e1406be-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 rare historic photograph captures George Washington Campbell, secretary of the treasury, 1814 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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George Washington Campbell, secretary of the treasury, 1814
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A carte de visite of George Washington Campbell, who held the office of secretary of the treasury in 1814, reproduces an earlier portrait of him in the role. Campbell, a Tennessee lawyer and senator, took over Treasury at a difficult moment in the War of 1812, when the government was struggling to pay for the war and borrowing had become costly. He left the post later that year, and his tenure is often remembered as a brief and troubled one. The card format, popular from the 1860s through the 1870s, let families and collectors own affordable copies of portraits of public figures, many of whom had died decades earlier.
| Created / published | [between 1860 and 1880] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on carte de visite mount. |
| Genre | Portrait paintings Reproductions 1860-1880.Cartes de visite 1860-1880.Photographic prints 1860-1880. |
| Notes | Title from item. Reference copy in BIOG FILE. |
| Subjects | Campbell, George Washington,--1769-1848. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 992 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-118312 |
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