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[A.A. Harwood, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left, in naval uniform] – Antique Photo Print

[A.A. Harwood, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left, in naval uniform], [between 1848 and 1860] — historic photograph
[A.A. Harwood, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left, in naval uniform], [between 1848 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: [A.A. Harwood, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left, in naval uniform], 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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[A.A. Harwood, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left, in naval uniform]

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Andrew Allen Harwood (1802-1884) appears here in full naval uniform, turned three-quarters to the left, in a half-plate daguerreotype made in Mathew Brady's studio between 1848 and 1860. Daguerreotypes like this were exposed in seconds, and the gold toning on this plate deepens the shadows and softens the mirror-like surface, helping the braid and buttons of the uniform stand out. The plate was later transferred to the U.S. War College, which passed it from a studio portrait into an institutional collection. The number scratched on its back hints at how such plates were tracked in the studio.

Created / published[between 1848 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesHallmark: Rinhart 4b. Scratched on back of plate: 400. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsHarwood, A. A. (Andrew Allen),--1802-1884. Military personnel--1840-1860.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,225 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference138_AA_Harwood_headandshoul_1848

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