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[Henry Peters Gray, half-length portrait, head three-quarters to left] – Antique Photo Print

[Henry Peters Gray, half-length portrait, head three-quarters to left], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Henry Peters Gray, half-length portrait, head three-quarters to 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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[Henry Peters Gray, half-length portrait, head three-quarters to left]

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Turned three-quarters to the left, this half-length portrait is a half-plate daguerreotype that the catalog ties to Henry Peters Gray (1819-1877), an American painter. The image was made in the studio of Mathew Brady, and its gold toning deepened the tones and helped protect the silvered surface. Catalogers also list Washington Irving as an alternative identification, so the sitter's name remains open to question. The words "H.P. Gray" scratched on the back of the plate support the Gray attribution.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesAlternative identifications: Washington Irving; Henry Peter Grey. Scratched on back of plate: 41; H.P. Gray. Hallmark: AB. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio. Exhibit loan 4116-L.
SubjectsGray, Henry Peters,--1819-1877.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,167 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-116356

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