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[Henry S. Foote, half-length portrait, slightly to the right] – Historic Photograph Print

[Henry S. Foote, half-length portrait, slightly to the right], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Henry S. Foote, half-length portrait, slightly to the right], [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: [Henry S. Foote, half-length portrait, slightly to the right], preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Scratched into the back of this plate is the inscription "Sen. Henry S. Foote, Miss.," which identifies the sitter as the Mississippi senator who was active in Washington during the sectional debates of the late 1840s and early 1850s. Foote took a prominent part in the fight over the Compromise of 1850, and this half-length view, turned slightly to the right, reflects the formal portrait style favored by public men of the period. The plate was produced in the studio of Mathew Brady, whose gallery supplied daguerreotypes of many political figures. The gold toning gives the silver image a warmer, more durable surface than an untreated plate would have had.

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: 438; Sen. Henry S. Foote, Miss. Hallmark: [asterisk] 40. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsFoote, Henry S. (Henry Stuart),--1804-1880.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,206 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference208_Henry_S_Foote_halflengt_1844

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