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[Caleb Lyon, head-and shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left, with beard] – Historic Photograph Print

[Caleb Lyon, head-and shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left, with beard], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Caleb Lyon, head-and shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left, with beard], [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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A window into the past: [Caleb Lyon, head-and shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left, with beard], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Caleb Lyon, head-and shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left, with beard]

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This head-and-shoulders portrait shows Caleb Lyon turned three-quarters to the left, his beard neatly defined against a dark ground. The plate was made in Mathew Brady's studio in the years between 1844 and 1860, when daguerreotypes were the most popular form of portrait photography. Gold toning, applied after development, strengthened the silvery image and gave its tones a warmer cast. The plate's back carries the scratched number 273, and it was transferred to the U.S. War College in 1920 before entering 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 back of plate: 273. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsLyon, Caleb,--1822-1875.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,295 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference156_Caleb_Lyon_headand_shou_1844

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