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[John McLean, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, seated, wearing judicial robes] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[John McLean, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, seated, wearing judicial robes], [ca. 1850] — historic photograph
[John McLean, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, seated, wearing judicial robes], [ca. 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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A whole-plate daguerreotype shows John McLean seated and facing the camera in judicial robes, a formal pose that suits a man who sat on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1829 until his death in 1861. Before his appointment, McLean had served as Postmaster General, and he later became known for his dissent in the Dred Scott case. The photographer is unidentified, but the sharp detail and tonal richness of the plate show why daguerreotypes of this kind were so prized around 1850.

Created / published[ca. 1850]
Medium1 photograph : whole plate daguerreotype.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesPurchase; Wm. Hallam Webber; 1996. (DLC/PP-1996:033). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Photographer unidentified.
SubjectsMcLean, John,--1785-1861.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,285 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference240_John_McLean_threequarte_1850

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