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[Washington Irving, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left] – Antique Photo Print

[Washington Irving, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left], [between 1855 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Washington Irving, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left], [between 1855 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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[Washington Irving, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left]

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This half-length daguerreotype shows Washington Irving turned three-quarters to the left, and it is a copy of an earlier plate by John Plumbe, made from the reverse of the original image. Catalogers identified the sitter by comparing it with engravings, and the record credits the copy to Mathew Brady's studio. Irving, author of *The Sketch Book* and the tales of Rip Van Winkle and Ichabod Crane, was one of the most widely read American writers of his era. He died in 1859, so the portrait comes from the final years of his life.

Created / published[between 1855 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1850-1860.Daguerreotypes 1850-1860.
NotesScratched on back of plate: 250; Washington Irving. Identification from engravings by S. Hollyer and others. The original Plumbe daguerreotype is reproduced in Washington Irving, Mr. Bryant's address... N.Y., G.P. Putnam, 1860, opposite page 38. Copy daguerreotype, reverse of original by John Plumbe. Hallmark: Rinhart 20. Facing the light / H. Pfister. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978, p. 329. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsIrving, Washington,--1783-1859.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,292 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-186458

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