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[Walter Jones, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the left] – Vintage Photo Print

[Walter Jones, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the left], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Walter Jones, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the left], [between 1844 and 1860]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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Scratched into the face of this half-plate daguerreotype are the name Walter Jones and the number 80, with the name and 44 inscribed on the back. The sitter appears three-quarter length and turned three-quarters to the left, a pose common in studio portraits of the 1840s and 1850s. The plate was produced in Mathew Brady's studio, whose galleries in New York and Washington made daguerreotypes of many prominent Americans. The record probably identifies the sitter as Walter Jones of Washington, D.C., who lived from 1776 to 1861, and the plate was later transferred to the U.S. War College in 1920.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesScratched on face of plate: 80; Walter Jones. Scratched on back of plate: 44; Walter Jones. Probably Walter Jones of Washington, D.C., 1776-1861. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,259 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-186288

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