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[Henry William Herbert, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to left, with mustache and imperial] – Vintage Wall Art

[Henry William Herbert, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to left, with mustache and imperial], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Henry William Herbert, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to left, with mustache and imperial], [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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A half-plate daguerreotype of Henry William Herbert, the English-born writer who published sporting and historical works in America under the pen name Frank Forester. Made between 1844 and 1860 in Mathew Brady's studio, the portrait shows Herbert in three-quarter profile with a full mustache and imperial, and gold toning warms the silvery surface. Herbert had settled in the United States in the 1830s and wrote widely on hunting, fishing and horsemanship. The plate's later transfer to the U.S. War College in 1920 shows how such portraits passed into institutional collections.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesScratched on back of plate: 132. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsHerbert, Henry William,--1807-1858.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,256 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference209_Henry_William_Herbert_h_1844

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