[Nicholas Patrick Wiseman, three-quarter length portrait, seated in armchair, three-quarters to the left, in clerical robe] – Historic Photograph Print
![[Nicholas Patrick Wiseman, three-quarter length portrait, seated in armchair, three-quarters to the left, in clerical robe], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2c/2cb840ff87d2-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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[Nicholas Patrick Wiseman, three-quarter length portrait, seated in armchair, three-quarters to the left, in clerical robe]
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Scratched into the face of this plate is the inscription "Card. Wiseman," which identifies the sitter as Nicholas Patrick Wiseman, the Catholic prelate made a cardinal in 1850. He sits in an armchair, turned three-quarters to the left, wearing a clerical robe. The daguerreotype was produced in Mathew Brady's studio between 1844 and 1860, when the process was the leading form of portrait photography. Wiseman's elevation to cardinal helped spark the "Papal Aggression" controversy in England, so the portrait records a figure at the center of a heated religious and political debate.
| Created / published | [between 1844 and 1860] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860. |
| Notes | Identical to DAG no. 170. Scratched on face of plate: Card. Wiseman. Scratched on back of plate: 183. 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 | Wiseman, Nicholas Patrick,--1802-1865. Clergy--1840-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,287 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 99_Nicholas_Patrick_Wisema_1844 |
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