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[Jeremiah Clemens, half-length portrait, facing front] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Jeremiah Clemens, half-length portrait, facing front], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Jeremiah Clemens, half-length portrait, facing front], [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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[Jeremiah Clemens, half-length portrait, facing front]

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Scratched on the back of this half-plate daguerreotype is the note "Sen. Clemens, Indiana," which conflicts with the record of Jeremiah Clemens (1814-1865), who represented Alabama in the U.S. Senate. The portrait was produced in Mathew Brady's studio, which made many of the period's best-known portraits of public men in the 1840s and 1850s. Gold toning deepened the silver image and made the plate more durable, giving the sitter's face and dark coat their soft, warm contrast. The plate came to the Library of Congress in 1920 by transfer from the U.S. War College.

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: 151; Sen. Clemens, Indiana. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsClemens, Jeremiah,--1814-1865.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,257 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference97_Jeremiah_Clemens_halfle_1844

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