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[John McAllister, half-length portrait, facing slightly left] – Vintage Wall Art

[John McAllister, half-length portrait, facing slightly left], [between 1850 and 1860] — historic photograph
[John McAllister, half-length portrait, facing slightly left], [between 1850 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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[John McAllister, half-length portrait, facing slightly left] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[John McAllister, half-length portrait, facing slightly left]

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John McAllister, who lived from 1786 to 1877, sits in this half-length stereoscopic daguerreotype, turned slightly to the left. Made as one of a matched pair, the two offset images merge into a single three-dimensional figure when viewed through a stereoscope, a parlor entertainment that was widely popular in the 1850s. The reverse bears a label naming the sitter as J. McAllister, Jr., a reminder that family names could be easy to confuse across generations.

Created / published[between 1850 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : stereoscopic daguerreotype.
GenreDaguerreotypes 1850-1860.Stereographs 1850-1860.Portrait photographs 1850-1860.
NotesPrinted on back: Stereoscopes. Written on label on back: J. McAllister, Jr. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:105). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress)
SubjectsMcAllister, John,--1786-1877.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,492 × 3,638 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi
Reference603_John_McAllister_halflen_1850

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