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[Zachary Taylor and his cabinet, all seated except President Taylor] – Vintage Wall Art

[Zachary Taylor and his cabinet, all seated except President Taylor], [1849] — historic photograph
[Zachary Taylor and his cabinet, all seated except President Taylor], [1849]. 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: [Zachary Taylor and his cabinet, all seated except President Taylor], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Zachary Taylor is the only man standing in this 1849 daguerreotype, while his cabinet sits around him. The sitting came in Taylor's first year as president, after his March inauguration, when a Whig administration was assembling its government and a career army officer with no prior political experience was learning the job. The plate was made in Mathew Brady's Washington studio, which was then photographing many prominent Americans. Gold toning, applied to the silver surface of the plate, sharpens the image and helps protect it from tarnish.

Created / published[1849]
Medium1 photograph : whole plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1850.Group portraits 1840-1850.Daguerreotypes 1840-1850.
NotesScratched on back of plate: 431. Facing the light / H. Pfister. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978, p. 350. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsTaylor, Zachary,--1784-1850. Cabinet officers--1840-1850.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,077 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
Reference74_Zachary_Taylor_and_his_1849

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