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[Alexander Duff, half-length portrait, three-quarters to right] – Vintage Wall Art

[Alexander Duff, half-length portrait, three-quarters to right], [1854] — historic photograph
[Alexander Duff, half-length portrait, three-quarters to right], [1854]. 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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[Alexander Duff, half-length portrait, three-quarters to right]

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This half-plate daguerreotype shows Alexander Duff, who lived from 1806 to 1878, in a three-quarter view turned to the right. It was made in 1854 in the studio of Mathew Brady, whose firm, with locations in New York and Washington, produced many portraits of public figures and ordinary sitters during the 1850s. The gold toning applied after development warms the silver image and helps protect its delicate surface. The plate later passed through the U.S. War College and entered the Library of Congress in 1920, and a number scratched on its back still hints at its place in an earlier sequence.

Created / published[1854]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1850-1860.Daguerreotypes 1850-1860.
NotesIdentification from a photograph by George H. Weeks, PH - Weeks (G.), no. 1 (AA size). Scratched on back of plate: 120. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsDuff, Alexander,--1806-1878.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,276 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference563_Alexander_Duff_halfleng_1854

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