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[Painting of James Buchanan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] – Historic Photograph Print

[Painting of James Buchanan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left], [1855 or later] — historic photograph
[Painting of James Buchanan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left], [1855 or later]. 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 [Painting of James Buchanan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Painting of James Buchanan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

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A daguerreotype of a painted portrait of James Buchanan, shown head and shoulders and turned toward the left, preserves a likeness of the man in paint rather than a direct sitting. Buchanan, a Pennsylvania lawyer and Democrat, served as the nation's fifteenth president from 1857 to 1861, a term dominated by the sectional crisis over slavery that led to secession. Photographing existing paintings was a common practice in the 1850s, when families and admirers wanted portable copies of notable people they could not sit for. The small case, decorated with a scroll and a ring of flowers, reflects the ornamental taste of the period.

Created / published[1855 or later]
Medium1 photograph : quarter plate daguerreotype.
GenreDaguerreotypes 1850-1860.Portrait photographs 1850-1860.Paintings Reproductions 1850-1860.Portrait paintings Reproductions 1850-1860.
NotesCase: scroll motif surrounded by flowers. Hallmark: Rinhart 20b. Date based on hallmark. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1998; (DLC/PP-1998:151.1). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress)
SubjectsBuchanan, James,--1791-1868.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,762 × 4,711 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi
Reference71_Painting_of_James_Bucha_1855

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