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[H.H. Fage, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left] – Antique Photo Print

[H.H. Fage, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left], 1862 — historic photograph
[H.H. Fage, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left], 1862. 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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An oval daguerreotype of H. H. Fage, shown head and shoulders and turned slightly to the left, survives in its original red velvet case with a push-button clasp. An 1862 note kept with it says the portrait was carried by someone identified only as A.C.F., which suggests it was treasured as a personal keepsake. By then the daguerreotype was being overtaken by paper prints, but cased portraits like this one remained popular for carrying during the Civil War years. The case is printed with the name Anson and a Broadway address in New York, a clue to the business that sold or processed it.

Created / published1862
Medium1 photograph : ninth plate daguerreotype, cut down into oval.
GenrePortrait photographs 1860-1870.Daguerreotypes 1860-1870.
NotesCase: red velvet, push button. Accompanying note: 1862 H. H. Fage 28 carried by A.C.F. Printed on inside of case: Anson 589 Broadway N.Y. Gift; Family of William B. Osgood Field; 1997; (DLC/PP-1999:155). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,269 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference728_HH_Fage_headandshoulder_1862

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