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[Thomas Corwin, full-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, standing by table with tablecloth, backdrop or reflector screen prominent on left] – Vintage Wall Art

[Thomas Corwin, full-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, standing by table with tablecloth, backdrop or reflector screen prominent on left], [between 1850 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Thomas Corwin, full-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, standing by table with tablecloth, backdrop or reflector screen prominent on left], [between 1850 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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Thomas Corwin stands full length in this plate, turned three-quarters to the left beside a draped table, with a backdrop or reflector screen filling the left edge. Corwin, an Ohio lawyer and politician, served in the U.S. House and Senate, was Secretary of the Treasury under Millard Fillmore from 1850 to 1853, and later governed Ohio and served as minister to Mexico. The scratched inscriptions on the plate name him and his home state, and the gold toning and trimmed corners are typical of the half plate portraits made in Mathew Brady's studio during the 1850s.

Created / published[between 1850 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1850-1860.Daguerreotypes 1850-1860.
NotesScratched on face of plate: 100; Corwin Thos. Scratched on back of plate: Hon. Thos. Corwin (Ohio). Corners trimmed. Hallmark: [asterisk double paschal lamb] Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsCorwin, Thomas,--1794-1865.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,162 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference120_Thomas_Corwin_fulllengt_1850

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