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[Pliny Earle, three-quarters to left] – Antique Photo Print

[Pliny Earle, three-quarters to left], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Pliny Earle, three-quarters to 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Pliny Earle, three-quarters to left]. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Pliny Earle, three-quarters to left]

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Pliny Earle is identified in this portrait through Sanborn's biography of him, and his name is scratched by hand on the face of the plate. The half plate was made in Mathew Brady's studio sometime between 1844 and 1860, when the daguerreotype was the leading portrait process. Earle, born in 1809, was a physician who worked in the care of people with mental illness and was also an active antislavery voice with Quaker roots. The gold toning visible in the image was a common step that deepened the tones and helped protect the delicate silver surface.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesIdentification from Sanborn's Life of Earle. Scratched on face of plate: 39; Earle. Scratched on back of plate: 113 Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsEarle, Pliny,--1809-1892.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,271 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference291_Pliny_Earle_threequarte_1844

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