[James Buchanan, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the right] – Vintage Wall Art
![[James Buchanan, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the right], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/96/96dd237f4b8e-L.webp)
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [James Buchanan, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the right]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[James Buchanan, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the right]
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Shown at three-quarter length and turned slightly to the right, James Buchanan appears in this half plate daguerreotype, which was gold toned and made in Mathew Brady's studio at some point between 1844 and 1860. Buchanan, a Pennsylvania Democrat, served as secretary of state under James K. Polk and later as the 15th president, from 1857 to 1861. The catalog record says this plate is probably a copy of another Brady daguerreotype, numbered 428, and that it came to the Library of Congress in 1920 by transfer from the U.S. War College. Gold toning was often applied to add warmth and durability to the image.
| Created / published | [between 1844 and 1860] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860. |
| Notes | Probably a copy of DAG no. 428. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio. |
| Subjects | Buchanan, James,--1791-1868. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,185 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 70_James_Buchanan_threequa_1844 |
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