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[Hugh Brady, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing three-quarters left, in military uniform] – Vintage Wall Art

[Hugh Brady, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing three-quarters left, in military uniform], [between 1844 and 1851] — historic photograph
[Hugh Brady, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing three-quarters left, in military uniform], [between 1844 and 1851]. 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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[Hugh Brady, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing three-quarters left, in military uniform]

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Hugh Brady was already in his late seventies when this plate was made in Mathew Brady's studio sometime between 1844 and 1851. Brady, born in Ireland in 1768, rose through the U.S. Army during the War of 1812 and spent decades on the frontier and in command posts before his death in 1851. The head-and-shoulders view, turned three-quarters to the left in uniform, lets the studio concentrate on the face and the military dress. The plate is gold toned, which softens the silvery surface typical of daguerreotypes and adds a warmer tone to the image.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1851]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesScratched on back of plate: 241. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsBrady, Hugh,--1768-1851. Military personnel--1840-1860.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,178 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference61_Hugh_Brady_headandshoul_1844

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