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[Daniel Sturgeon, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Daniel Sturgeon, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Daniel Sturgeon, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left], [between 1844 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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[Daniel Sturgeon, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left]

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This half-plate daguerreotype shows Daniel Sturgeon (1789-1878) in a half-length portrait turned three-quarters to the left. Brady's studio made the image between 1844 and 1860, a period when the daguerreotype was the leading portrait process and sitters often paid for close, detailed likenesses. Sturgeon, a Pennsylvania politician who later served in the U.S. Senate, is one of the notable figures captured by Brady's camera. The gold toning, applied after exposure, adds warmth and strengthens the image's tonal range. Handwritten numbers scratched on the plate and the back show that it passed through several hands before entering the Library of Congress collection.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesScratched on face of plate: 257; Pennsyl. Sen. unknown. Scratched on back of plate: 52; 257 [canceled] Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsSturgeon, Daniel,--1789-1878.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,169 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference169_Daniel_Sturgeon_halflen_1844

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