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[Daniel Dickinson, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to the left, facing front] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Daniel Dickinson, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to the left, facing front], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Daniel Dickinson, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to the left, facing front], [between 1844 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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[Daniel Dickinson, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to the left, facing front]

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The sitter here is Daniel S. Dickinson, a New York Democrat who later served in the U.S. Senate, and the plate carries a scratched "J. Dickinson, N.Y." on its back. The likeness was matched to a mezzotint engraving that the *Democratic Review* published in August 1846 and credited to a daguerreotype by Marcus Aurelius Root's rival Plumbe, so the portrait's maker and date rest on that trail rather than a dated label. Its gold toning, which sharpened the silver image and softened its glare, was a common finish in the 1850s studio trade, and the plate is attributed to Mathew Brady's workshop.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesIdentification from mezzotint based on daguerreotype ascribed to Plumbe, Democratic Review, August 1846. Scratched on back of plate: J. Dickinson, N.Y. Hallmark: 40. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsDickinson, Daniel S. (Daniel Stevens),--1800-1866.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,194 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference168_Daniel_Dickinson_headan_1844

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