or 1847 – Vintage Wall Art
(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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A seated, three-quarter length daguerreotype of Mary Todd Lincoln, dated around 1846, shows her a few years after her 1842 marriage to Abraham Lincoln. She faces the camera directly, a pose that was typical of portraits made during the early years of photography, when sitters often had to hold still for long exposures. The photographer is possibly Nicholas H. Shepherd. The plate passed through the family before Mary Lincoln Isham gave it to the Library of Congress in 1937. Because a daguerreotype is a unique image on a silvered copper plate, this is the only original of the picture.
| Created / published | c. 1846 |
|---|---|
| Medium | photograph, quarter plate daguerreotype |
| Notes | Mary Todd Lincoln, Three-Quarter Length Portrait Of A Woman, Seated, Facing Front. Photographer (possibly) Nicholas H. Shepherd. Gift to the Library Of Congress by Mary Lincoln Isham, 1937 |
| Source | Library of Congress |
| Original scan | 2,634 × 3,474 px · prints to 9 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | L-P-30 |
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