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[William C. Dawson, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to right] – Vintage Wall Art

[William C. Dawson, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to right], [between 1844 and 1856] — historic photograph
[William C. Dawson, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to right], [between 1844 and 1856]. 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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This daguerreotype shows William C. Dawson, head and shoulders, turned three-quarters to the right, with his name and the number 118 scratched into the face of the plate, a studio or cataloguing mark. The record credits Mathew Brady's studio, which produced many portraits of prominent Americans in the 1840s and 1850s, and notes that the plate may be a copy of an earlier image. Its gold toning, applied after development, strengthened the silver surface and warmed its tones, while the trimmed corners and a 1920 transfer to the U.S. War College explain how the plate reached the Library of Congress.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1856]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesScratched on face of plate: 118; Dawson. Scratched on back of plate: 46. Corners trimmed. Possibly a copy daguerreotype. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsDawson, William C. (William Crosby),--1798-1856.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,127 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference541_William_C_Dawson_headan_1844

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