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[Unidentified man, three-quarter length portrait, facing left, sitting in chair, wearing hat and a dark glove on one hand] – Antique Photo Print

[Unidentified man, three-quarter length portrait, facing left, sitting in chair, wearing hat and a dark glove on one hand], [between 1851 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Unidentified man, three-quarter length portrait, facing left, sitting in chair, wearing hat and a dark glove on one hand], [between 1851 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 in a chair and turned to his left, this unidentified man wears a hat and a dark glove on one hand, details that give the portrait its character. The whole-plate daguerreotype dates from between 1851 and 1860, when the process was at its height and a sitter's clothing and pose were carefully chosen. The record credits Mathew Brady's studio, whose New York portraits of the period were widely admired. The plate's mirror-like silver surface shows the image clearly only at certain angles, a quality worth noticing when viewing the original.

Created / published[between 1851 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : whole plate daguerreotype.
GenrePortrait photographs 1850-1860.Daguerreotypes 1850-1860.
NotesHallmark: Rinhart 9. Alternative identification: Mathew B. Brady. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,273 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference676_Unidentified_man_threeq_1851

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