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[August Belmont, half-length portrait, facing three-quarters to right, with side whiskers] – Vintage Wall Art

[August Belmont, half-length portrait, facing three-quarters to right, with side whiskers], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[August Belmont, half-length portrait, facing three-quarters to right, with side whiskers], [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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A window into the past: [August Belmont, half-length portrait, facing three-quarters to right, with side whiskers], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Few daguerreotypes of the financier August Belmont survive, and this half-length portrait shows him turned three-quarters to the right, with the side whiskers fashionable among New York men of the period. Belmont (1813-1890) arrived in New York in 1837 as the agent of the Rothschild banking house, and he became a leading figure in American finance and, later, in the Democratic Party. The gold toning on this half-plate was a common finishing step that warmed the silver image and helped protect its delicate surface. The plate carries the Mathew Brady studio's production, linking it to the busy portrait trade of mid-century New York.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesScratched on back of plate: 22; 26. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsBelmont, August,--1813-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,062 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference37_August_Belmont_halfleng_1844

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