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[James M. Mason, three-quarter length portrait, facing left] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[James M. Mason, three-quarter length portrait, facing left], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[James M. Mason, three-quarter length portrait, facing left], [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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A window into the past: [James M. Mason, three-quarter length portrait, facing left], preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[James M. Mason, three-quarter length portrait, facing left]

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Shown in three-quarter length and turned to the left, this half-plate daguerreotype records James Murray Mason (1798-1871) during the years he was a prominent Virginia senator. Mathew Brady's studio made the plate sometime between 1844 and 1860, when daguerreotype portraits were a fashionable way for public men to be recorded. Mason later became known nationally as a Confederate diplomat, and his 1861 seizure from the British mail steamer Trent nearly brought war between the United States and Britain. The plate came to the Library of Congress through a 1920 transfer from the U.S. War College.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesScratched on back of plate: 18. 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, J. M. (James Murray),--1798-1871.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,763 × 2,250 px · prints to 6 × 8 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-116353

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