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[William C. Bouck, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] – Historic Photograph Print

[William C. Bouck, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], [between 1844 and 1859] — historic photograph
[William C. Bouck, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], [between 1844 and 1859]. 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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A window into the past: [William C. Bouck, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[William C. Bouck, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

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Former New York governor William C. Bouck faces the camera in this head-and-shoulders study, a sixth-plate daguerreotype whose silver surface has been gold-toned. Bouck led New York from 1843 to 1844 and died in 1859, so the plate was made in the final years of his life. It came from Mathew Brady's studio, which photographed many of the political and military leaders of the period. Gold toning sharpened the image and helped protect its delicate surface, a detail worth noticing in an early plate.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1859]
Medium1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesTransfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsBouck, William C.,--1786-1859.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,345 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference55_William_C_Bouck_headand_1844

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