[William Hazard and Moses Augustus Field, three-quarter length portrait, seated] – Historic Photo Reproduction
![[William Hazard and Moses Augustus Field, three-quarter length portrait, seated], 1850 April. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/46/46f9d219f254-L.webp)
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [William Hazard and Moses Augustus Field, three-quarter length portrait, seated]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[William Hazard and Moses Augustus Field, three-quarter length portrait, seated]
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Two young men sit together in this quarter-plate daguerreotype, identified as William Hazard Field, born 1833, and Moses Augustus Field, born 1831. The date, April 1850, is written inside the case, which has a scroll-patterned design typical of the hinged cases used to protect daguerreotypes. Daguerreotypes were made on silvered copper and viewed at an angle, so the image seems to float on a mirror-like surface that shifts with the light. The photographer is unidentified, but the portrait is a clear record of two members of the Field family, given to the Library of Congress by family descendants in 1997.
| Created / published | 1850 April. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photograph : quarter plate daguerreotype. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1850.Group portraits 1850.Daguerreotypes 1850. |
| Notes | Case: scroll design. Photographer unidentified. Accompanying note: Wm. H. Field, Moses Augustus Field. Written on inside of case: April 1850. Gift; Family of William B. Osgood Field; 1997; (DLC/PP-1999:155). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Field, William Hazard,--1833-1888. Field, Moses Augustus,--b. 1831. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,276 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 716_William_Hazard_and_Mose_1850 |
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