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[Andrew Jackson, head-and-shoulders portrait, nearly in profile to left, leaning against pillow of which ticking appears in lower left corner] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Andrew Jackson, head-and-shoulders portrait, nearly in profile to left, leaning against pillow of which ticking appears in lower left corner], [between 1844 and 1845] — historic photograph
[Andrew Jackson, head-and-shoulders portrait, nearly in profile to left, leaning against pillow of which ticking appears in lower left corner], [between 1844 and 1845]. Historic photograph from the Presidents 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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Shown nearly in profile and leaning against a pillow, Andrew Jackson appears frail in this half-plate daguerreotype, which fits the last year of his life. After two terms as president, Jackson had retired to his Hermitage estate in Tennessee, and his health was failing by 1844 and 1845. He died in June 1845. The record describes this as a copy, with the original possibly made by Edward Anthony, and the plate was produced in Mathew Brady's studio. Pencil and scratched inscriptions on the plate record its later identification.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1845]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1850.Daguerreotypes 1840-1850.
NotesCopy daguerreotype, original possibly by Edward Anthony. Scratched on face of plate: 86. Written in pencil on face of plate: Andrew Jackson. Scratched on back of plate: 110; Gen. Andrew Jackson. Corners trimmed. Facing the light / H. Pfister. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978, p. 330. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsJackson, Andrew,--1767-1845.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,136 × 1,458 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-215951

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