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[John Van Buren, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the left] – Vintage Photo Print

[John Van Buren, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the left], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[John Van Buren, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the left], [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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[John Van Buren, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the left]

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Shown in three-quarter length and turned to the left, John Van Buren was the eldest son of President Martin Van Buren, and his New York contemporaries knew him as "Prince John" for his polished manner and political ambitions. This half-plate daguerreotype dates from between 1844 and 1860, a period when Mathew Brady's studio was making portraits of prominent Americans and the daguerreotype was the leading photographic process. The pose reflects the formal conventions of the era, when sitters of public standing often chose a dignified, partial-length view over a close face-only portrait.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesScratched on face of plate: 164. Scratched on back of plate: 7. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsVan Buren, John,--1810-1866.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,300 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-186250

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