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[Mr. Hamilton, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right] – Vintage Photo Print

[Mr. Hamilton, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right], [between 1849 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Mr. Hamilton, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right], [between 1849 and 1860]. 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 [Mr. Hamilton, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right], a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Mr. Hamilton, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right]

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The inscription scratched into the face of this plate sets it apart, naming a Mr. Hamilton followed by "HBM, R.N.," which likely points to a officer in the British Royal Navy. This half-plate daguerreotype, showing the sitter three-quarters turned to the right, was made between 1849 and 1860 at the studio of Mathew Brady, whose galleries photographed many public figures of the period. Gold toning, applied after development, deepened the image's tones and helped protect its delicate silver surface. The plate later passed to the U.S. War College and was transferred to the Library of Congress in 1920.

Created / published[between 1849 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesScratched on face of plate: 265; Hamilton, HBM, R.N. Scratched on back of plate: 252. Hallmark: Rinhart 42. 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 scan3,261 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference272_Mr_Hamilton_halflength_1849

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