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[Nathan Kelsey Hall, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left] – Vintage Photo Print

[Nathan Kelsey Hall, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left], [between 1844 and 1852] — historic photograph
[Nathan Kelsey Hall, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left], [between 1844 and 1852]. 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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Nathan Kelsey Hall appears in this gold-toned half-plate daguerreotype, turned three-quarters to the left, made in Mathew Brady's studio. Hall served as Postmaster General under President Millard Fillmore from 1850 to 1852, and the plate's inscriptions identify him by that office. The likeness was matched to an engraving by F. Halpin that ran as the frontispiece of the *American Whig Review* in February 1852, showing that the portrait reached print. Gold toning was a common finishing step for daguerreotypes of this period, adding warmth and depth to the silver image.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1852]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesManuscript paper label: N. K. Hall, Late P. M. Gen., since discarded because of deterioration. Scratched on back of plate: P.M. General. Written in ink on back of plate: P.M. General; N.K. Hall, P.M. General. Hallmark: 40 [asterisk] Identification from engraving by F. Halpin in American Whig Review, frontispiece, Feb. 1852. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsHall, Nathan Kelsey,--1810-1874.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,198 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference276_Nathan_Kelsey_Hall_half_1844

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