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[Cardinal John McCloskey, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left] – Vintage Wall Art

[Cardinal John McCloskey, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Cardinal John McCloskey, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left], [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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Among the clergymen photographed during the early daguerreotype era, John McCloskey stands out, since he later became the first American cardinal, in 1875. He is shown head and shoulders, turned three-quarters to the left, in a half plate daguerreotype attributed to Mathew Brady's studio and dated between 1844 and 1860. Numbers scratched into the plate and its back suggest it was catalogued before it passed to the U.S. War College, which received it by transfer in 1920. As a daguerreotype, the image is a unique positive on polished silver, so its fine detail and mirror-like surface show best when viewed at an angle.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesAlternative identification: Bishop McCloskey (cat. 5). Scratched on face of plate: 135; McCloskey. Scratched on back of plate: 204. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsMcCloskey, John,--Cardinal,--1810-1885. Clergy--1840-1860.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,151 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference98_Cardinal_John_McCloskey_1844

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