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[Hickson W. and Mary Elizabeth Field, three-quarter length portrait of a man seated in a chair beside a woman with elaborate jewelry] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Hickson W. and Mary Elizabeth Field, three-quarter length portrait of a man seated in a chair beside a woman with elaborate jewelry], [between 1845 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Hickson W. and Mary Elizabeth Field, three-quarter length portrait of a man seated in a chair beside a woman with elaborate jewelry], [between 1845 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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Hickson W. Field and his wife, Mary Elizabeth Bradhurst Field, sit together in this sixth-plate daguerreotype, with the husband seated in a chair and the wife wearing elaborate jewelry. The photographer is unidentified, but the image dates from between 1845 and 1860, when small cased daguerreotypes were a popular form of portrait. Exposures were long, so sitters had to hold still, which gives such pictures their formal, composed stillness. The case, with its central floral motif surrounded by scrolls, is worth a look as well. The plate came to the Library of Congress as a gift from the family of William B. Osgood Field.

Created / published[between 1845 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Group portraits 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesPhotographer unidentified. Case: central floral motif surrounded by scrolls. Accompanying note: Mr. & Mrs. Hickson W. Field of Rome. Gift; Family of William B. Osgood Field; 1997; (DLC/PP-1999:155). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsField, Hickson W. (Hickson Woolman),--b. 1823. Field, Mary Elizabeth Bradhurst.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,287 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference210_Hickson_W_and_Mary_Eliz_1845

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