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[Jacob Collamer, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left] – Historic Photograph Print

[Jacob Collamer, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Jacob Collamer, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left], [between 1844 and 1860]. Historic photograph from the Daguerreotypes & Early Photography collection.

(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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[Jacob Collamer, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left]

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A half-length portrait of Jacob Collamer, the Vermont lawyer and politician, shows him turned three-quarters to the left. Brady's New York studio made the daguerreotype, and it is known through an engraving by A.H. Ritchie that was published in the American Review. Collamer served in the U.S. House and Senate and was Postmaster General under Presidents Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore. The plate is gold toned, a finish that warmed the silver image and softened its tonal range.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesIdentification from engraving by A.H. Ritchie, Daguerd. by Brady, N.Y., engraved for the American Review. Scratched on back of plate: 3. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsCollamer, Jacob,--1791-1865.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,203 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference108_Jacob_Collamer_halfleng_1844

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