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[Thomas Hart Benton, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing three-quarters to the left] – Vintage Wall Art

[Thomas Hart Benton, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing three-quarters to the left], [between 1845 and 1850] — historic photograph
[Thomas Hart Benton, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing three-quarters to the left], [between 1845 and 1850]. 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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Thomas Hart Benton, turned three-quarters to the left in this head-and-shoulders study, appears here during the years when he was one of the most prominent figures in national politics. He had represented Missouri in the Senate since 1821, championing western expansion and a hard-money policy. The plate was made in Mathew Brady's studio between 1845 and 1850, when daguerreotypes were fashionable for their fine detail, and the gold toning that warms its silvery surface was a common finishing step. Benton's name and the number 171 are scratched into the back of the plate.

Created / published[between 1845 and 1850]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1850.Daguerreotypes 1840-1850.
NotesScratched on back of plate: 171; Thos. H. Benton. Hallmark: 40. Facing the light / H. Pfister. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978, p. 299. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsBenton, Thomas Hart,--1782-1858.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,108 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference45_Thomas_Hart_Benton_head_1845

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