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[Painting of man with beard wearing ruff] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Painting of man with beard wearing ruff], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Painting of man with beard wearing ruff], [between 1844 and 1860]. 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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A bearded man in a stiff, pleated ruff stares out from this copy of an older painting, a collar style that was fashionable in the late 1500s and early 1600s, so the original was probably a historical portrait. Mathew Brady's studio made the daguerreotype between 1844 and 1860, a period when photographers often copied paintings and engravings for institutions and collectors. The small sixth-plate size and gold toning, which strengthened the surface and warmed the tones, were standard features of the era. The plate was transferred from the U.S. War College in 1920 and is now held by the Library of Congress.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePaintings Reproductions 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesScratched on back of plate: 331. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,269 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference287_Painting_of_man_with_be_1844

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