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[Forbes Winslow, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the right, eyes front, seated in chair at table with escritoire, holding quill pen] – Antique Photo Print

[Forbes Winslow, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the right, eyes front, seated in chair at table with escritoire, holding quill pen], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Forbes Winslow, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the right, eyes front, seated in chair at table with escritoire, holding quill pen], [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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Seated at a writing table with a quill in hand, the sitter in this half-plate daguerreotype is Forbes Winslow (1810–1874), an English physician known for his writings on insanity and mental illness. The record also lists him under the variant name "Dr. Winston." The plate was made in Mathew Brady's studio, whose portraits from the 1840s and 1850s helped establish photography as a fashionable art in America. Gold toning, applied to this plate, warmed its silver tones and strengthened the image surface.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesAlternative identification: Dr. Winston (cat. 5). Scratched on back of plate: 152. Hallmark: [asterisk double paschal lamb] J.P. 30. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsWinslow, Forbes,--1810-1874.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,285 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference186_Forbes_Winslow_threequa_1844

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