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[John J. Crittendon, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] – Vintage Photo Print

[John J. Crittendon, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], [between 1844 and 1846] — historic photograph
[John J. Crittendon, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], [between 1844 and 1846]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures [John J. Crittendon, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[John J. Crittendon, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

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This sixth-plate daguerreotype shows John J. Crittenden, the Kentucky senator, in a head-and-shoulders view facing the camera, with gold toning that softens the silver surface. Crittenden, who also served as U.S. attorney general under two presidents, was a prominent figure in the 1840s, and the image was known widely through an engraving by T. Doney in *The American Review* in 1846. That engraving was made from a daguerreotype by Anthony, Clark, and Co., and the record notes that this surviving plate may itself be a copy. Its production is credited to Mathew Brady's studio, a reminder of how New York portrait studios of the period circulated likenesses of public men.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1846]
Medium1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1850.Daguerreotypes 1840-1850.
NotesIdentification from engraving by T. Doney after a daguerreotype by Anthony, Clark, and Co. in The American Review, 1846, v. 4, p. 325. Possibly a copy daguerreotype. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsCrittenden, John J. (John Jordan),--1787-1863.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,245 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference132_John_J_Crittendon_heada_1844

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