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[Henry Inman, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to the left] – Vintage Wall Art

[Henry Inman, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to the left], [between 1844 and 1846] — historic photograph
[Henry Inman, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to the left], [between 1844 and 1846]. 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 daguerreotype shows the painter Henry Inman, who died in 1846, in a head-and-shoulders study turned slightly to the left. The sitter is identified by comparison with an engraving published in C. Edwards Lester's 1846 book on American artists. The plate was made in Mathew Brady's studio between 1844 and 1846, when the daguerreotype was becoming a popular way for professionals to sit for portraits. Gold toning warmed the silver image and helped protect its delicate surface, and numbers scratched on the back of the plate hint at how the studio tracked its work.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1846]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1850.Daguerreotypes 1840-1850.
NotesIdentification from engraving in C. Edwards Lester, The artists of America: a series of biographical sketches..., 1846, p. 33. Scratched on back of plate: 51; 440. Facing the light / H. Pfister. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978, p. 329. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsInman, Henry,--1801-1846.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,207 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference203_Henry_Inman_headandshou_1844

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