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- GLC#
- GLC07616.04-View header record
- Type
- Images
- Date
- circa 1889
- Title
- [Seated portrait of Thomas Edison]
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 1 albumen : b&w Height: 61.8 cm, Width: 47.7 cm
- Primary time period
- Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
- Sub-Era
- The Gilded Age
Seated portrait of Edison in one of his characteristic poses. His left arm rests on the arm of the chair, while his right is propped on a nearby table, with his hand pressed against his temple. Ink inscription on mount reads, "To my friend Simpkin, Thomas A Edison." William Simpkin was the chief engineer of the Standard Construction Corp., Ltd., and a frequent correspondent of Edison's.
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