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[John Y. Mason, half-length portrait, nearly facing front] – Vintage Photo Print

[John Y. Mason, half-length portrait, nearly facing front], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[John Y. Mason, half-length portrait, nearly facing front], [between 1844 and 1860]. Historic photograph from the Freemasons 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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This rare historic photograph captures [John Y. Mason, half-length portrait, nearly facing front] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[John Y. Mason, half-length portrait, nearly facing front]

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Scratched on the back of this half-plate daguerreotype is the name "Jno. Y. Mason," and a 1898 issue of *The Green Bag* later identified the sitter. John Young Mason, a Virginian, served as Attorney General and then Secretary of the Navy under President Tyler before becoming minister to France in 1853. The plate came from Mathew Brady's studio, and its gold toning warms the silver image, a finish many photographers used in the 1840s and 1850s to add depth to portraits. Mason died in Paris in 1859.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesIdentification from picture in The Green Bag, 1898, page 115. Scratched on back of plate: 105; Jno. Y. Mason. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsMason, John Y. (John Young),--1799-1859.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,818 × 2,250 px · prints to 6 × 8 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-116367

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