[C.H. Hicks, in profile, seated at desk] – Vintage Wall Art
![[C.H. Hicks, in profile, seated at desk], [between 1856 and 1860] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f1/f1c0cde62267-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 [C.H. Hicks, in profile, 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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[C.H. Hicks, in profile, seated at desk]
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Written on the back of this sixth-plate daguerreotype, the name C. H. Hicks identifies a sitter shown in profile at a desk, noted as a clerk of the House of Representatives. The plate survives among the American Colonization Society records, the group founded in 1817 to resettle Black Americans in Liberia. Its maker is unidentified, but the image was later shown in an exhibition of portraits by Augustus Washington, a Black daguerreotypist working in 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. Written on back of plate: C. H. Hicks. Eng. Clerk of the Hs. of Rep. 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. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,254 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 575_CH_Hicks_in_profile_sea_1856 |
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