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[John Van Buren, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left] – Antique Photo Print

[John Van Buren, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[John Van Buren, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left], [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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[John Van Buren, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left]

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Few sitters photographed in the Brady studio carried a more famous name than John Van Buren, son of President Martin Van Buren and known in New York politics as "Prince John." Here he is shown in a half-length pose, turned three-quarters to the left, a common arrangement that gave studio portraits a sense of ease and presence. Gold toning, often applied to daguerreotypes of the period, warms the silvered surface and softens its contrasts. The plate, made between 1844 and 1860 when Van Buren was active in Democratic politics, bears a 1920 transfer mark from the U.S. War College before entering the Library of Congress.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesScratched on back of plate: 75; 133. 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.
SubjectsVan Buren, John,--1810-1866.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,279 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference248_John_Van_Buren_halfleng_1844

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