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[Israel T. Hatch, half-length portrait, slightly to right, eyes front] – Historic Photograph Print

[Israel T. Hatch, half-length portrait, slightly to right, eyes front], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Israel T. Hatch, half-length portrait, slightly to right, eyes front], [between 1844 and 1860]. 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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[Israel T. Hatch, half-length portrait, slightly to right, eyes front]

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This half-length portrait of Israel T. Hatch shows him turned slightly to the right with his eyes fixed on the camera. The plate is a gold-toned half-plate daguerreotype, and a hand-scratched "189: Hatch" on its surface probably served as a studio or collection reference. Mathew Brady's studio produced it sometime between 1844 and 1860, when Brady's galleries drew many prominent sitters. Gold toning was a common way to add warmth and some protection to the mirror-like silver image, which is worth noticing when you view the plate at different angles.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesScratched on face of plate: 189: Hatch. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsHatch, Israel T. (Israel Thompson),--1808-1875.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,273 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference216_Israel_T_Hatch_halfleng_1844

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