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[John M. Clayton, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left] – Antique Photo Print

[John M. Clayton, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left], [between 1844 and 1856] — historic photograph
[John M. Clayton, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left], [between 1844 and 1856]. 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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A window into the past: [John M. Clayton, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left], preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[John M. Clayton, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left]

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The inscription scratched on the back of this plate identifies the sitter as Hon. John M. Clayton of Delaware, Secretary of State in President Zachary Taylor's cabinet. Clayton, a Delaware senator, is best remembered for negotiating the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty with Britain in 1850, which dealt with any future canal across Central America. The half-plate daguerreotype, toned with gold, comes from Mathew Brady's studio and dates to between 1844 and 1856, when studio portraits like this one were prized for their fine detail.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1856]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesScratched on back of plate: 15; Hon. John M. Clayton (Del.), Sec'y State Prest. Taylor's Cabinet/John M.Clayton, Ed. Hallmark: [asterisk] Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsClayton, John M. (John Middleton),--1796-1856.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,140 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference96_John_M_Clayton_halfleng_1844

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