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[John Peter Van Ness, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] – Vintage Wall Art

[John Peter Van Ness, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], [between 1844 and 1846] — historic photograph
[John Peter Van Ness, 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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Step back in time with [John Peter Van Ness, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[John Peter Van Ness, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

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Scratched into the face of this plate are the words "Van Ness, NY" and the number 103, marks that show how such portraits were labeled and filed. John Peter Van Ness, who died in 1846, was a New York public figure whose career reached back to the early republic, so this likeness comes from the last years of his life. Made in Mathew Brady's studio between 1844 and 1846, it reflects an early photographic process that required sitters to hold still for long exposures.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1846]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1850.Daguerreotypes 1840-1850.
NotesScratched on face of plate: 103; Van Ness, NY. Scratched on back of plate: 111. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsVan Ness, John Peter,--1770-1846.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,257 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference244_John_Peter_Van_Ness_hea_1844

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