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[Washington Hunt, half-length portrait, slightly to right] – Antique Photo Print

[Washington Hunt, half-length portrait, slightly to right], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Washington Hunt, half-length portrait, slightly to 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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[Washington Hunt, half-length portrait, slightly to right]

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A New York Whig, Washington Hunt, sits for this half-length portrait, which was taken in Mathew Brady's studio sometime between 1844 and 1860. Hunt served as governor of New York from 1850 to 1852. The identification rests on an engraving by A.H. Ritchie made from a Brady daguerreotype, so the likeness has been checked against a published print. The gold toning and the French plate maker's hallmark stamped on the plate are worth a closer look. The plate reached the Library of Congress in 1920 by way of the U.S. War College.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesIdentification from engraving by A.H. Ritchie, Dagpe. by Brady. Scratched on back of plate: 17. Hallmark: [paschal lamb] A. Gaudin 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.
SubjectsHunt, Washington,--1811-1867.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,254 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference538_Washington_Hunt_halflen_1844

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