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[William Frederick Havemeyer, half-length portrait, three-quarters to right, arms crossed, with side whiskers, wearing spectacles] – Antique Photo Print

[William Frederick Havemeyer, half-length portrait, three-quarters to right, arms crossed, with side whiskers, wearing spectacles], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[William Frederick Havemeyer, half-length portrait, three-quarters to right, arms crossed, with side whiskers, wearing spectacles], [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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Few portraits from the 1840s and 1850s show a New York businessman as directly as this half-length study of William Frederick Havemeyer, turned three-quarters to the right with his arms folded, side whiskers, and spectacles. Havemeyer was a sugar refiner who also served as mayor of New York, and the plate came from Mathew Brady's studio, where prominent sitters were regularly photographed. Gold toning, applied to many daguerreotypes of the period, deepened the image and helped protect its delicate silver surface. The plate later passed to the U.S. War College and entered the Library of Congress in 1920.

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: 45 [canceled]; 49. Corners rounded. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsHavemeyer, William Frederick,--1804-1874.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,101 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference542_William_Frederick_Havem_1844

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