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[Judge Edwards, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left] – Antique Photo Print

[Judge Edwards, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Judge Edwards, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left], [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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Step back in time with [Judge Edwards, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the 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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[Judge Edwards, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left]

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The inscription scratched into the face of this plate, reading "Judge Edwa[rds] Copy," marks it as a duplicate of an earlier likeness of a man called Judge Edwards. It was produced in Mathew Brady's studio, which made many portraits of prominent Americans in the 1840s and 1850s, and gold toning gives the silvered surface a warmer tone and extra durability. The record gives two possible identities for the sitter, Henry Pierrepont Edwards or Ogden Edwards, so the question remains open. A 1920 transfer from the U.S. War College brought the plate into the Library of Congress, where it is part of the daguerreotype collection.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesAlternative identifications: Henry Pierrepont Edwards; Ogden Edwards. Scratched on face of plate: 209; Judge Edwa[ards] Copy daguerreotype. 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 scan3,292 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference257_Judge_Edwards_headandsh_1844

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