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[Morteotype of Mary Gideon, half-length portrait of a woman, facing front] – Vintage Wall Art

[Morteotype of Mary Gideon, half-length portrait of a woman, facing front], [ca. 1853] — historic photograph
[Morteotype of Mary Gideon, half-length portrait of a woman, facing front], [ca. 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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A morteotype, a daguerreotype sealed in a lead frame and set into a grave marker, gives this portrait of Mary Gideon an unusual purpose. She died in 1853, and the half-length image shows her facing the camera. The monument it was mounted on stands in the Historic Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C., which gave the piece to the Library of Congress in 1994. The photographer is unidentified, but the image was made to endure outdoors, so the protective metal casing matters as much as the portrait itself.

Created / published[ca. 1853]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype.
GenrePortrait photographs 1850-1860.Daguerreotypes 1850-1860.Memorial photographs 1850-1860.
NotesPhotographer unidentified. Encased in lead frame. Originally on monument in the Historic Congressional Cemetery. Gift; Historic Congressional Cemetery; 1994; (DLC/PP-1994:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsGideon, Mary,--d. 1853.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,288 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference610_Morteotype_of_Mary_Gide_1853

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