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[Emlen Cresson, bust, facing slightly left] – Vintage Wall Art

[Emlen Cresson, bust, facing slightly left], 1853 — historic photograph
[Emlen Cresson, bust, facing slightly left], 1853. 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 [Emlen Cresson, bust, facing slightly left], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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A bust portrait of Emlen Cresson, who lived from 1811 to 1889, this quarter-plate daguerreotype is dated 1853 and shows him turned slightly to the left. The rainbow-tinted backdrop was a popular finishing touch in the early 1850s, when studios hand-colored plates to add tones the silvery process could not otherwise produce. The image sits in a plain leather-grain case, and a paper label bearing his name and the date is attached to the cover glass, which helps identify the sitter. Daguerreotypes like this are unique objects, and the picture is visible only at certain angles against the mirror-bright silver surface.

Created / published1853
Medium1 photograph : quarter plate daguerreotype.
NotesPlain leather grain frame. Hand-colored rainbow background. Paper label adhered to cover glass: Emlen Cresson 1853." Labels on frame: "18
SubjectsCresson, Emlen,--1811-1889.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,709 × 4,658 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi
Reference128_Emlen_Cresson_bust_faci_1853

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