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<p>[QUOTE="smallaxe, post: 9626790, member: 13430"]Rather than being silhouettes, they look like they are portraits based loosely on engravings by Max Rosenthal (1833-1918). However, the engraving he did of Jefferson was based on an earlier painting, so possibly the gold leaf item here was based on that painting as well. Clearly, the note on the back was created after the death of the Jefferson, not only because it's typewritten, but also because it includes the date of death.</p><p>On further reflection, the gold leaf portrait is fairly different than the engraving by Rosenthal, so those may be entirely unrelated other than purportedly being of the same person.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="smallaxe, post: 9626790, member: 13430"]Rather than being silhouettes, they look like they are portraits based loosely on engravings by Max Rosenthal (1833-1918). However, the engraving he did of Jefferson was based on an earlier painting, so possibly the gold leaf item here was based on that painting as well. Clearly, the note on the back was created after the death of the Jefferson, not only because it's typewritten, but also because it includes the date of death. On further reflection, the gold leaf portrait is fairly different than the engraving by Rosenthal, so those may be entirely unrelated other than purportedly being of the same person.[/QUOTE]
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