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[William Murray, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[William Murray, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[William Murray, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left], [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: [William Murray, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left], 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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[William Murray, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left]

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Scratched into the back of this plate are the words "36; Murry," a clue that the Library of Congress ties to William M. Murray, who lived from 1803 to 1875. Made as a daguerreotype, a one-of-a-kind image fixed on a polished silver-coated copper sheet, the head-and-shoulders portrait was produced in the studio of Mathew Brady, whose firm photographed many prominent Americans in the 1840s and 1850s. The plate's mirror-like surface reveals its image only at certain angles, which is worth noticing when viewing it in person.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesScratched on back of plate: 36; Murry. Alternative identification: William M. Murray (cat. 5). Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsMurray, William,--1803-1875.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,271 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference548_William_Murray_headands_1844

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