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[Alexander William Doniphan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] – Antique Photo Print

[Alexander William Doniphan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Alexander William Doniphan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], [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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[Alexander William Doniphan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

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Scratched into the back of this half-plate daguerreotype is the name "Col. Donophan," a spelling variant of Alexander William Doniphan, the Missouri lawyer who commanded a volunteer mounted regiment through New Mexico and into Chihuahua during the Mexican-American War. The plate was produced in Mathew Brady's studio at some point between 1844 and 1860, and its gold toning gives the face a warm, subtle sheen typical of the period's best work. The Library of Congress acquired the plate through a 1920 transfer from the U.S. War College.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesAlternative identification: Col. Donathan (cat. 5). Scratched on back of plate: 124; Col. Donophan. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,140 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference143_Alexander_William_Donip_1844

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