[James Knox Polk, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the right, seated] – Vintage Photo Print
![[James Knox Polk, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the right, seated], [1849 Feb. 14] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/57/5750e9cfc4f9-L.webp)
(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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[James Knox Polk, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the right, seated]
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Taken on February 14, 1849, just weeks before his presidency ended on March 4, this daguerreotype shows James K. Polk seated and turned three-quarters to the right. It was produced in Mathew Brady's Washington studio, which was among the most prominent portrait operations of the period. Polk died in June 1849, about three months after leaving office, so the portrait is one of the last made of him as president. The gold toning on the silvered plate adds warmth and depth to the tones, a finishing step that many daguerreotypists used to sharpen their images.
| Created / published | [1849 Feb. 14] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photograph : whole plate daguerreotype, gold toned. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1840-1850.Daguerreotypes 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Hallmark: 40M. Facing the light / H. Pfister. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978, p. 343. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washington : Library of Congress ..., 1975, no. 73. Produced by Mathew Brady's studio. |
| Subjects | Polk, James K. (James Knox),--1795-1849. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,078 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 222_James_Knox_Polk_threequ_1849 |
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