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[William Upham, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to the left, eyes front] – Historic Photograph Print

[William Upham, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to the left, eyes front], [between 1844 and 1853] — historic photograph
[William Upham, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to the left, eyes front], [between 1844 and 1853]. 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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Turned slightly to the left, with his eyes fixed on the camera, the man in this half-plate daguerreotype is William Upham, identified through a woodcut in *Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion* from February 1853. The plate was made in Mathew Brady's studio, which photographed many prominent Americans in the 1840s and early 1850s. Its gold toning, a treatment that deepened the image and helped protect the delicate silver surface, is worth noticing, as is the note "148; Upham" scratched on the back, a reminder of how studios tracked their plates.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1853]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesAlternative identification: Stephan (cat. 5). Scratched on back of plate: 148; Upham. Identification from woodcut in Gleason's pictorial drawingroom companion, February 5, 1853, page 89. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsUpham, William,--1792-1853.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,280 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference554_William_Upham_headandsh_1844

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