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[Levi Woodbury, half-length portrait, head three-quarters to the right] – Vintage Photo Print

[Levi Woodbury, half-length portrait, head three-quarters to the right], [between 1844 and 1851] — historic photograph
[Levi Woodbury, half-length portrait, head three-quarters to the right], [between 1844 and 1851]. 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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[Levi Woodbury, half-length portrait, head three-quarters to the right]

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Levi Woodbury appears here in a half-length portrait, his head turned three-quarters to the right, a pose that shows the sitter's profile while keeping his face toward the viewer. A former governor of New Hampshire, Woodbury served as Secretary of the Navy and Secretary of the Treasury under Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren before joining the Supreme Court in 1845, and the portrait dates from his years on the bench. Mathew Brady's studio made the daguerreotype, and the gold toning gives its silvery surface a warmer, richer cast.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1851]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesScratched on face of plate: 81. Scratched on back of plate: 264. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsWoodbury, Levi,--1789-1851.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,304 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference259_Levi_Woodbury_halflengt_1844

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