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[Harrison Grey Fiske, full-length portrait of six month old baby boy, seated on chair, propped next to table with tablecloth] – Antique Photo Print

[Harrison Grey Fiske, full-length portrait of six month old baby boy, seated on chair, propped next to table with tablecloth], [ca. 1861] — historic photograph
[Harrison Grey Fiske, full-length portrait of six month old baby boy, seated on chair, propped next to table with tablecloth], [ca. 1861]. 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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Taken when the sitter was only six months old, this hand-colored sixth-plate daguerreotype shows the infant Harrison gray Fiske seated upright on a chair beside a draped table. Fiske later became a New York newspaper editor and the husband of the actress Minnie Maddern Fiske, whose papers at the Library of Congress hold the picture. Hand-coloring was a common finishing touch on daguerreotypes of the period, warming cheeks and fabric in a medium otherwise limited to silver tones.

Created / published[ca. 1861]
Medium1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype, hand-colored.
GenrePortrait photographs 1860-1870.Daguerreotypes 1860-1870.
NotesPhotographer unidentified. Hallmark: [cross bird cross]. Case: central ribbon with bands. Accompanying note: Harrison Gray Fiske at 6 months. Illegible name on cushion in the case: ... Artist, New York City. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1961. Forms part of: Minnie Maddern Fiske Papers, 1884-1932 (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsFiske, Harrison Grey,--1861-1942.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,274 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference729_Harrison_Grey_Fiske_ful_1861

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