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[James Brown, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, eyes front, one hand on hip, wearing plaid waistcoat] – Antique Photo Print

[James Brown, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, eyes front, one hand on hip, wearing plaid waistcoat], [between 1844 and 1855] — historic photograph
[James Brown, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, eyes front, one hand on hip, wearing plaid waistcoat], [between 1844 and 1855]. 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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Its identification rests on a likeness printed in G.S. Hilliard's 1856 *Memoir of James Brown*, published the year after Brown died in 1855. The plate was made in Mathew Brady's studio, which had become one of the best-known daguerreotype portrait businesses in America by the mid-1840s. Brown stands three-quarters turned, eyes front, one hand on his hip, and the plaid waistcoat is clearly visible, a pose typical of the confident formality studio sitters favored. The gold toning, applied after exposure, strengthened the image's contrast and gave the silvery surface a warmer, more durable tone.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1855]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesIdentification from portrait in G.S. Hilliard, Memoir of James Brown, 1856. Scratched on back of plate: 78 [cancelled]; 237; Life[?] Brown. Hallmark: 40. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsBrown, James,--1800-1855.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,167 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference66_James_Brown_halflength_1844

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