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[Asher Brown Durand, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, head three-quarters to the left, with both hands resting on cane, at right] – Historic Photograph Print

[Asher Brown Durand, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, head three-quarters to the left, with both hands resting on cane, at right], [between 1845 and 1850] — historic photograph
[Asher Brown Durand, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, head three-quarters to the left, with both hands resting on cane, at right], [between 1845 and 1850]. 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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Turned three-quarters to the right, with his head angled the other way and both hands resting on a cane, the painter Asher Brown Durand sits for this half-length daguerreotype. Durand (1796-1886) was a leading figure of the Hudson River School and later served as president of the National Academy of Design. The plate was made in Mathew Brady's studio, which drew many artists and public figures in the 1840s. Gold toning gives this half-plate image its warm, silvery depth and helps protect the delicate surface.

Created / published[between 1845 and 1850]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1850.Daguerreotypes 1840-1850.
NotesIdentification from reproduction of daguerreotype in Newhall, History of Photography, 1949, p. 25. Scratched on back of plate: 157; [undeciphered canceled inscription] [...eion] Corners rounded. Facing the light / H. Pfister. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978, p. 313. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsDurand, Asher Brown,--1796-1886.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,029 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference149_Asher_Brown_Durand_half_1845

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