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[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right] – Antique Photo Print

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right], [between 1842 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right], [between 1842 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 rare historic photograph captures [Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Little is recorded about the sitter in this small head-and-shoulders portrait of an unidentified man turned slightly to the right. It is a sixth-plate daguerreotype, a compact format popular for portraits in the 1840s and 1850s, and its case back carries a central floral design within a wreath along with a hallmark showing a paschal lamb and the number 40. The plate was a 1976 gift from Mrs. Alexander Macomb to the Library of Congress and is part of the Rodgers Family Papers, a family collection spanning 1740 to 1977.

Created / published[between 1842 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesHallmark: 40 [paschal lamb]. Case: back only, central floral design within floral wreath. Gift; Mrs. Alexander Macomb; 1976; (DLC/PP-1976:307). Forms part of: Rodgers Family Papers, 1740-1977 (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,289 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference453_Unidentified_man_headan_1842

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