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[Hopkins Lacey Turney, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left] – Antique Photo Print

[Hopkins Lacey Turney, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left], [between 1844 and 1857] — historic photograph
[Hopkins Lacey Turney, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left], [between 1844 and 1857]. 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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[Hopkins Lacey Turney, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left]

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Scratched on the back of this plate is the note "Sen. Turney, Tenn.," which identifies the sitter as Hopkins Lacey Turney, a Tennessee Democrat who served in the United States Senate in the early 1850s. The portrait came from the studio of Mathew Brady, whose Washington daguerreotypes of lawmakers and public figures were widely sought after in the period. Gold toning, applied after development, warms the silver image and helps protect its surface. The number scratched on the face of the plate and its 1920 transfer to the U.S. War College show how such plates passed between owners and collections over time.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1857]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesScratched on face of plate: 161. Scratched on back of plate: Sen. Turney, Tenn. Hallmark: 40M. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsTurney, H. L. (Hopkins Lacey),--1797-1857.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,184 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference211_Hopkins_Lacey_Turney_ha_1844

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