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[Stephen Allen Benson, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Stephen Allen Benson, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left], [between 1854 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Stephen Allen Benson, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left], [between 1854 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 sixth-plate daguerreotype shows Stephen Allen Benson, who lived from 1816 to 1865, in a head-and-shoulders view turned three-quarters to the left. Made sometime between 1854 and 1860, it captures him during the peak years of the daguerreotype, when portraits like this were usually sealed in small hinged cases and carried as keepsakes. Each plate is a unique image on a polished silver-coated copper sheet, so the picture reads as a positive only at certain angles and carries a mirror-like sheen. Its small size and sharp detail are typical of the period's portrait trade.

Created / published[between 1854 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype.
GenrePortrait photographs 1850-1860.Daguerreotypes 1850-1860.
SubjectsBenson, Stephen Allen,--1816-1865.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,342 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference42_Stephen_Allen_Benson_he_1854

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