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[Amos Kendall, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left] – Vintage Photo Print

[Amos Kendall, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Amos Kendall, half-length portrait, three-quarters to 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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This rare historic photograph captures [Amos Kendall, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Amos Kendall, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left]

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Amos Kendall, who served as Postmaster General under Andrew Jackson, appears in this half-length daguerreotype turned three-quarters to the left. Mathew Brady's studio made the plate sometime between 1844 and 1860, when Brady was building his reputation photographing Washington officials and other national figures. Gold toning, applied after development, warmed the image and strengthened its surface. Scratched inscriptions on the face and back of the plate identify the sitter and his office, and a 1920 transfer notation shows the plate later entered the U.S. War College collection.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesScratched on face of plate: 242; Amos Kendall. Scratched on back of plate: 71 (repeated several times); Kendall, Hon. Amos, Postmaster Genl. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsKendall, Amos,--1789-1869.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,213 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference144_Amos_Kendall_halflength_1844

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