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[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, facing right] – Vintage Wall Art

[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, facing right], 1852 — historic photograph
[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, facing right], 1852. 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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Step back in time with [Unidentified man, half-length portrait, facing right], a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, facing right]

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A pencil-scratched note on the back of this half-plate daguerreotype, reading "C... Ex mayor, 1852," suggests the sitter held civic office, though his name is lost and the inscription is incomplete. The image is a direct positive on silvered copper, a process that was widely used for portraits in the 1850s. The record credits the picture to Mathew Brady's studio, one of the best-known portrait houses of the period. The plate was later transferred from the U.S. War College in 1920 and is now held by the Library of Congress.

Created / published1852
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype.
GenrePortrait photographs 1850-1860.Daguerreotypes 1850-1860.
NotesScratched on back of plate: C... Ex mayor, 1852. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,299 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference660_Unidentified_man_halfle_1852

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