[Unidentified copy of a daguerreotype portrait of a woman] – Historic Photo Reproduction
![[Unidentified copy of a daguerreotype portrait of a woman], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/04/04445f6ac636-L.webp)
(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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This rare historic photograph captures [Unidentified copy of a daguerreotype portrait of a woman] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Unidentified copy of a daguerreotype portrait of a woman]
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The sitter in this sixth-plate daguerreotype is unidentified, but the number 212 scratched on the back of the plate is a small trace of the studio's own record-keeping. The plate was produced in the studio of Mathew Brady, whose New York and Washington galleries were among the best-known portrait operations of the 1840s and 1850s. Its later history is also documented: it was transferred from the U.S. War College and entered the Library of Congress collection in 1920. Like most daguerreotypes, the image is a unique positive on silvered copper and reads clearly only when tilted to catch the light.
| Created / published | [between 1844 and 1860] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860. |
| Notes | Scratched on back of plate: 212. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,295 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 335_Unidentified_copy_of_a_1844 |
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