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[Cornelius Mathews, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing spectacles] – Vintage Wall Art

[Cornelius Mathews, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing spectacles], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Cornelius Mathews, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing spectacles], [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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Few portraits on this board show a sitter in spectacles, and this half-length view of Cornelius Mathews faces the camera squarely, with his glasses clearly visible. Mathews (1817-1889)

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesScratched on back of plate: 164 [canceled]; 174. Written in pencil on back of plate: 359; Cornelius (?). Corners trimmed. Identification from an engraving by Roberts in Duyckinck, Cyclopaedia of American Literature, v. 2, p. 591. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio. Exhibit loan 4116-L.
SubjectsMathews, Cornelius,--1817-1889.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,305 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference166_Cornelius_Mathews_halfl_1844

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