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[Ethan Allen Hitchcock, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Ethan Allen Hitchcock, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], [between 1853 and 1859] — historic photograph
[Ethan Allen Hitchcock, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], [between 1853 and 1859]. 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 quarter-plate daguerreotype shows Ethan Allen Hitchcock in a head-and-shoulders view, facing the camera directly. Hitchcock (1798-1870) was a career U.S. Army officer who served in the Mexican War and later became a Union general during the Civil War. The portrait is attributed to Mathew Brady's studio and dates from roughly 1853 to 1859, when Brady was building a large gallery of prominent Americans. Daguerreotypes like this one are unique positives on polished silver-coated copper, so their image shifts with the angle of light and is best viewed at a slight tilt.

Created / published[between 1853 and 1859]
Medium1 photograph : quarter plate daguerreotype.
GenrePortrait photographs 1850-1860.Daguerreotypes 1850-1860.
NotesAttributed to Mathew Brady's studio. Source unknown. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsHitchcock, Ethan Allen,--1798-1870.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,257 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference583_Ethan_Allen_Hitchcock_h_1853

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