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[Thomas Starr King, half-length portrait, three-quarters to right, eyes front, with one hand in coat] – Vintage Wall Art

[Thomas Starr King, half-length portrait, three-quarters to right, eyes front, with one hand in coat], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Thomas Starr King, half-length portrait, three-quarters to right, eyes front, with one hand in coat], [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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[Thomas Starr King, half-length portrait, three-quarters to right, eyes front, with one hand in coat]

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A three-quarter turn and a hand tucked into the coat set this gold-toned half-plate daguerreotype apart from other portraits of Thomas Starr King. King was a Unitarian minister who became a well-known public speaker in Boston and then in San Francisco, where he worked to keep California loyal to the Union during the Civil War. He died in 1864. The plate was made in Mathew Brady's studio, whose operation produced many of the period's portraits of public figures. The identification rests on an inscription scratched on the back and on a matching engraving published in 1877.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesIdentification from engraving in J.C. Buttre's American Portrait Gallery, 1877, v.1, [p. 61] Scratched on back of plate: 142; Rev. Thos. Starr King. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsKing, Thomas Starr,--1824-1864.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,199 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference320_Thomas_Starr_King_halfl_1844

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