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[Mary Todd Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, seated, facing front] – Antique Photo Print

[Mary Todd Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, seated, facing front], [1846 or 1847] — historic photograph
[Mary Todd Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, seated, facing front], [1846 or 1847]. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Mary Todd Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, seated, facing front]. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Mary Todd Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, seated, facing front]

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This quarter-plate daguerreotype shows Mary Todd Lincoln seated, in a three-quarter-length view facing the camera, and it was made before her husband became a national figure. The record dates it to 1846 or 1847, when Abraham Lincoln was serving his single term in the U.S. House of Representatives. The photographer is possibly Nicholas H. Shepherd, and the plate came to the Library of Congress as a gift from Mary Lincoln Isham in 1937. Daguerreotypes like this one were made on silvered copper and are best viewed at an angle, where the image shifts from a positive to a faint mirror-like negative.

Created / published[1846 or 1847]
Medium1 photograph : quarter plate daguerreotype.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesPhotographer possibly Nicholas H. Shepherd. Hallmark: Rinhart 46. Case: variant of Rinhart 219. Facing the light / H. Pfister. Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978, p. 332. Gift; Mary Lincoln Isham; 1937. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Exhibit loan 4105-L.
SourceLibrary of Congress
Original scan3,978 × 3,245 px · prints to 13 × 11 in at 300 dpi
Reference263_Mary_Todd_Lincoln_three_1846

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