Pope Benedict XV – 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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A window into the past: Pope Benedict XV, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Pope Benedict XV
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Pope Benedict XV, who led the Catholic Church from 1914 until his death in 1922, is the sitter named in this glass negative from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress. The Bain News Service was a New York photo agency that supplied newspapers with pictures of public figures and current events in the early twentieth century, and its negatives often carried caption cards written in the newsroom. The title here comes from those unverified notes, so the exact date and occasion of the portrait are not recorded. Benedict's papacy spanned the First World War, when he pressed for negotiated peace and aid to civilians, which gives the image its historical weight.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch four loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,204 × 5,760 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-18905 |
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