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[Military officer and a woman, the officer in uniform, standing, facing front, the woman seated, on the left, nearly full face] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Military officer and a woman, the officer in uniform, standing, facing front, the woman seated, on the left, nearly full face], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Military officer and a woman, the officer in uniform, standing, facing front, the woman seated, on the left, nearly full face], [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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[Military officer and a woman, the officer in uniform, standing, facing front, the woman seated, on the left, nearly full face]

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The plate's own scratched inscription names the officer as Col. Thomas Staniford, which sets this half plate apart from the many military portraits of the period. It was made in Mathew Brady's studio, one of the best-known portrait operations in the United States in the 1840s and 1850s, and gold toning gave the silvery surface a warmer tone and greater durability. The standing officer and seated woman, posed nearly full face, follow the formal conventions of studio group portraits, when a uniform signaled rank and service. The plate was transferred to the U.S. War College in 1920 before entering the Library of Congress collection.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Group portraits 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesAlternative identification: Col. Thomas Staniford and woman. Scratched on face of plate: 198; Col. Staniford. Scratched on back of plate: 383. Corners trimmed. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsMilitary officers--1840-1860.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,307 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference269_Military_officer_and_a_1844

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