[Sam Houston, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, in civilian dress, clean shaven] – Vintage Wall Art
![[Sam Houston, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, in civilian dress, clean shaven], [between 1848 and 1850] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e9/e97dc6a2fd33-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 [Sam Houston, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, in civilian dress, clean shaven], 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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[Sam Houston, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, in civilian dress, clean shaven]
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Sam Houston appears here in civilian dress, turned three-quarters to the left and clean shaven in this half-length daguerreotype. Gold toning gives the half-plate its warm tone, and the plate was made in Mathew Brady's studio between 1848 and 1850. Houston had led Texas to independence at San Jacinto in 1836, served as president of the Texas Republic, and was then a United States senator. The sitter's identity rests on comparison with an 1856 lithograph in Huber's *History of Texas*.
| Created / published | [between 1848 and 1850] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1840-1850.Daguerreotypes 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Scratched on back of plate: 233; Sam Houston, Texas. Hallmark: Rinhart 46. Identification from lithograph by Konrad in Huber, History of Texas, 1856, v. 2, frontis. Facing the light / H. Pfister. Washington : Smithsonian Institution press, 1978, p. 327. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio. |
| Subjects | Houston, Sam,--1793-1863. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,214 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-116243 |
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