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[Unidentified woman, half-length portrait, facing slightly right] – Vintage Photo Print

[Unidentified woman, half-length portrait, facing slightly right], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Unidentified woman, half-length portrait, facing slightly 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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This rare historic photograph captures [Unidentified woman, half-length portrait, facing slightly right] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Unidentified woman, half-length portrait, facing slightly right]

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Scratched into the back of this sixth-plate daguerreotype is the number 301, one of the few clues to the origin of a portrait whose sitter remains unidentified. The woman is shown from the waist up, turned slightly to the right, a pose typical of studio work from the 1840s and 1850s, when exposures could run for seconds or longer and sitters were often steadied with head rests. The plate was produced by Mathew Brady's studio, and the Rinhart hallmark stamped on it points to the commercial supply trade that helped make the daguerreotype a popular craft. It reached the Library of Congress in 1920 by way of the U.S. War College, and its mirror-bright silver surface still rewards close looking.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesScratched on back of plate: 301. Hallmark: Rinhart 31a. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,278 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference515_Unidentified_woman_half_1844

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