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[Cornelius Vanderbilt, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to left, with side whiskers] – Historic Photograph Print

[Cornelius Vanderbilt, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to left, with side whiskers], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Cornelius Vanderbilt, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to left, with side whiskers], [between 1844 and 1860]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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[Cornelius Vanderbilt, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to left, with side whiskers]

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This half plate daguerreotype shows Cornelius Vanderbilt in a head-and-shoulders pose, turned slightly to the left, with his side whiskers clearly visible. Vanderbilt, born in 1794, built his fortune first on steamboats in New York waters, earning the title Commodore, before moving into railroads. The plate was made in the studio of Mathew Brady, and the gold toning on its silver surface gives the image its warm, subdued color. Numbers scratched into the face and back of the plate are part of its documented history.

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: 159. Scratched on back of plate: 58; Cornelius Vanderbilt. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsVanderbilt, Cornelius,--1794-1877.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,214 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-116228

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