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[Freeman Hunt, half-length portrait, slightly to the left] – Historic Photograph Print

[Freeman Hunt, half-length portrait, slightly to the left], [between 1844 and 1858] — historic photograph
[Freeman Hunt, half-length portrait, slightly to the left], [between 1844 and 1858]. 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 window into the past: [Freeman Hunt, half-length portrait, slightly to the left], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Freeman Hunt, half-length portrait, slightly to the left]

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The manuscript label on the cover glass reads "Mr. Hunt," identifying the sitter as Freeman Hunt (1804-1858), the New York publisher best known as editor of *Hunt's Merchants' Magazine*, a periodical devoted to commerce. The half-length pose, turned slightly to the left, comes from the Mathew Brady studio, which made portraits of many figures in business, politics and letters during the 1840s and 1850s. Gold toning and the trimmed edges are worth noticing, since both were common finishing steps that helped protect and brighten the silvered plate.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1858]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesManuscript label on cover glass: Mr. Hunt. Scratched on back of plate: 399. Edges trimmed. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsHunt, Freeman,--1804-1858.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,294 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference189_Freeman_Hunt_halflength_1844

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