[James Skivring Smith, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters view, seated at desk] – Antique Photo Print
![[James Skivring Smith, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters view, seated at desk], [between 1856 and 1860] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e8/e845afc2fff5-L.webp)
(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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Step back in time with [James Skivring Smith, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters view, seated at desk], a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[James Skivring Smith, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters view, seated at desk]
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Seated at a writing desk and turned three-quarters toward the camera, the man in this small sixth-plate daguerreotype is identified by an inscription on its back as Doctor J. S. Smith, senator from Bassa County, Liberia. The plate survives within the records of the American Colonization Society, founded in 1817 to resettle Black Americans in Liberia. Its photographer is unidentified, but it was later shown in an exhibition of work by Augustus Washington, an African American daguerreotypist, linking the portrait to the emigration movement of the 1850s.
| Created / published | [between 1856 and 1860] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1850-1860.Daguerreotypes 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 20a. Written on back plate: Doctor J. S. Smith, Senator from Bassa Co. Transfer; Manuscript Division. Forms part of: American Colonization Society Records, 1792-1964 (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). The American Colonization Society was organized in 1817 to resettle Afro-Americans in Liberia. Exhibited: A durable memento: Portraits by Augustus Washington, African American daguerreotypist. |
| Subjects | Smith, J. S. (James Skivring),--b. ca. 1825. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,802 × 4,730 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220328 |
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