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[Solon Borland, half-length portrait, facing three-quarters left] – Antique Photo Print

[Solon Borland, half-length portrait, facing three-quarters left], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Solon Borland, half-length portrait, facing three-quarters left], [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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This rare historic photograph captures [Solon Borland, half-length portrait, facing three-quarters left] in remarkable 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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[Solon Borland, half-length portrait, facing three-quarters left]

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Unlike many portraits on this board, this daguerreotype is identified by name: a note on the back of the plate reads "Sen. Borland, Arkansas," and the sitter was matched to a woodcut published in *Gleason's Pictorial* on March 5, 1853. Solon Borland represented Arkansas in the U.S. Senate in the late 1840s and early 1850s, a period when daguerreotypes had become the common medium for politicians and their families. The plate was produced in Mathew Brady's New York studio, and its gold toning gives the silvered surface a warmer tone and a bit more durability. The half-plate size and the three-quarter pose show the conventions of mid-century studio portraiture.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesIdentification from woodcut in Gleason's Pictorial, March 5, 1853, page 152. Scratched on back of plate: 130; Sen. Borland, Arkansas. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsBorland, Solon,--1808-1864.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,186 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference53_Solon_Borland_halflengt_1844

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