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[Solomon Weathersbee Downs, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Solomon Weathersbee Downs, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left], [between 1844 and 1849] — historic photograph
[Solomon Weathersbee Downs, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left], [between 1844 and 1849]. 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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[Solomon Weathersbee Downs, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left]

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A half-plate daguerreotype of Solomon Weathersbee Downs, a Louisiana politician who later served in the United States Senate, shows him turned three-quarters to the left. The plate was made in Mathew Brady's studio sometime between 1844 and 1849, and its sitter was identified by comparison with an engraving by T. Doney in *The United States Magazine and Democratic Review* from June 1849. Gold toning, applied to many plates of the era, deepened the image's tones and helped protect its delicate silver surface. The angled pose was a common choice for portraits of the period.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1849]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1850.Daguerreotypes 1840-1850.
NotesScratched on face of plate: 20. Scratched on back of plate: 272; Sen. Downs, La. Identification from engraving by T. Doney in The United States Magazine, and Democratic Review, June 1849, opp. p. 547. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsDowns, Solomon W. (Solomon Weathersbee),--1801-1854.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,304 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference308_Solomon_Weathersbee_Dow_1844

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