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[Thomas Corwin, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left] – Vintage Photo Print

[Thomas Corwin, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Thomas Corwin, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left], [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 Corwin, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left]

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Thomas Corwin, an Ohio lawyer famous for his humor on the campaign trail, went on to serve as governor, U.S. senator, and secretary of the Treasury, and this half-length portrait shows him turned three-quarters to the left. It was made at Mathew Brady's studio in the years between 1844 and 1860, when the daguerreotype was the leading portrait process. The gold toning helped sharpen the image and soften its silvery highlights. Numbers scratched into the face and back of the plate, along with a 1920 transfer from the U.S. War College, trace the picture's path into the Library of Congress collection.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesScratched on face of plate: 156. Scratched on back of plate: 205. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsCorwin, Thomas,--1794-1865.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,218 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference121_Thomas_Corwin_halflengt_1844

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