[Horace Mann, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to right] – Historic Photograph Print
![[Horace Mann, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to right], [between 1844 and 1859] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/18/181d75ce5cd7-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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Step back in time with [Horace Mann, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to right], a historic photograph rich in period 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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[Horace Mann, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to right]
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Horace Mann appears here in a half-plate daguerreotype, turned three-quarters to the right in a head-and-shoulders view. Mann reshaped public schooling in Massachusetts as secretary of its board of education, where he championed free common schools supported by public taxes. The plate was made in Mathew Brady's studio at some point between 1844 and 1859, and its subject is confirmed by an engraving by J.C. Buttre that appeared in Barnard's 1859 biography. The sitter's name and the number 106 are scratched on the back of the plate, a detail that helps trace its history.
| Created / published | [between 1844 and 1859] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860. |
| Notes | Identification from engraving by J.C. Buttre in Barnard's Educational biography, 1859, p. 365. Scratched on back of plate: 106; Hon. Horace Mann. Hallmark: Phoenix 40. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio. |
| Subjects | Mann, Horace,--1796-1859. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,791 × 4,711 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220893 |
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