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[Stephen Arnold Douglas, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to left] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Stephen Arnold Douglas, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to left], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Stephen Arnold Douglas, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to 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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[Stephen Arnold Douglas, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to left]

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Stephen A. Douglas, the Illinois senator known as the "Little Giant," sits for this whole-plate daguerreotype, a larger format that gave early portrait makers room to capture fine detail in a face and its surroundings. The plate was made in Mathew Brady's studio between 1844 and 1860, years when Douglas rose from state politics to national prominence and became a central figure in the debates over slavery in the territories. Its hallmark from J. Rousseau & Co., a Parisian-trained supplier of plates and cases, and a note on the back identifying the sitter, mark it as a careful studio product of the period.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : whole plate daguerreotype.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesHallmark: J ROUSSEAU & CO. Written on back of plate: Douglas Facing the light / H. Pfister. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978, p. 312. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1954. Forms part of: Brady-Handy collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsDouglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold),--1813-1861.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,297 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference310_Stephen_Arnold_Douglas_1844

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