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[Edward John Phelps, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, arms folded] – Vintage Photo Print

[Edward John Phelps, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, arms folded], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Edward John Phelps, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, arms folded], [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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Edward John Phelps (1822-1900), the Vermont lawyer who later served as U.S. minister to Britain, sits in this half-length daguerreotype with his arms folded and his body turned three-quarters to the right. The plate came from Mathew Brady's studio, where portraits of this kind were made in the 1840s and 1850s, and gold toning gives its silvery surface a warmer glow. Trimmed corners and a number scratched on the back suggest it passed through several hands before the U.S. War College transferred it to the Library of Congress in 1920.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesAlternative identification: E.J. Phillips. Scratched on back of plate: 274. Corners trimmed. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsPhelps, Edward John,--1822-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,317 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference176_Edward_John_Phelps_half_1844

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