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[View of Niagara Falls] – Vintage Wall Art

[View of Niagara Falls], [between 1853 and 1860] — historic photograph
[View of Niagara Falls], [between 1853 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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This half-plate view of Niagara Falls is a copy rather than an original exposure. The record attributes the source image, probably, to Platt D. Babbitt, and notes that the copy was produced in Mathew Brady's studio and transferred in 1920 through the U.S. War College. Gold toning, a common finishing step for daguerreotypes of the 1850s, gives the plate its warm tone and helps protect its delicate surface. The number 53 scratched on the face and the Rinhart hallmark are the kinds of marks collectors use to trace a plate's history.

Created / published[between 1853 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenreLandscape photographs 1850-1860.Daguerreotypes 1850-1860.
NotesScratched on face of plate: 53. Hallmark: Rinhart 9. Copy daguerreotype, original probably by Platt D. Babbitt. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsWaterfalls--New York (State)--Niagara Falls--1850-1860. Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--1850-1860.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,209 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
Reference711_View_of_Niagara_Falls_1853

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