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[Emma Gillingham Bostwick, half-length portrait of a woman, three-quarters to left, facing three-quarters to right] – Vintage Wall Art

[Emma Gillingham Bostwick, half-length portrait of a woman, three-quarters to left, facing three-quarters to right], [between 1851 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Emma Gillingham Bostwick, half-length portrait of a woman, three-quarters to left, facing three-quarters to right], [between 1851 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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Identified through a lithograph in George C. D. Odell's *Annals of the New York Stage*, this daguerreotype shows Emma Gillingham Bostwick in a half-length, three-quarter view turned toward the right. It was made in the 1850s at the New York studio of Mathew Brady, who later became known for his Civil War portraits. The gold toning warms the silvery image and adds some durability. Numbers scratched on the face and back of the plate are studio marks that show how the plate was logged and handled. The plate later passed to the U.S. War College and entered the Library of Congress in 1920.

Created / published[between 1851 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1850-1860.Daguerreotypes 1850-1860.
NotesScratched on face of plate: 237; E.G. Bostwick. Scratched on back of plate: 83. Identification from lithograph in Odell's Annals of the New York stage, v. 6, pl. 78. Hallmark: Rinhart 9. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,261 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference54_Emma_Gillingham_Bostwic_1851

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