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[Colonel William Gates, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the right, in military uniform] – Antique Photo Print

[Colonel William Gates, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the right, in military uniform], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Colonel William Gates, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the right, in military uniform], [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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[Colonel William Gates, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the right, in military uniform]

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The plate's back is scratched with "Col. Gates, USA," which identifies the sitter as William Gates (1788-1868), a career Army officer shown here in uniform and posed three-quarters to the right. Mathew Brady's New York studio made the portrait sometime between 1844 and 1860, when daguerreotypes were the leading form of studio portraiture. The gold toning gives the silver image added warmth and durability. The plate later passed to the U.S. War College, which transferred it to the Library of Congress in 1920.

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: 327; Col. Gates, USA. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsGates, William,--1788-1868. Military personnel--1840-1860.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,271 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference162_Colonel_William_Gates_h_1844

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