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[Shepherd Knapp, half-length portrait, slightly to right, eyes front] – Vintage Wall Art

[Shepherd Knapp, half-length portrait, slightly to right, eyes front], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Shepherd Knapp, half-length portrait, slightly to right, eyes front], [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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This rare historic photograph captures [Shepherd Knapp, half-length portrait, slightly to right, eyes front] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Shepherd Knapp, half-length portrait, slightly to right, eyes front]

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Few faces from the 1840s and 1850s look so directly out of a picture as this sitter's, who turns slightly to the right while keeping his eyes on the camera. The half-plate daguerreotype is gold toned, a treatment that deepened its tones and helped protect the delicate silvered surface. Scratched into the plate are the number 206 and the name Shepherd Knapp, a hand-marked label that may have been added during handling or cataloging. Produced at Mathew Brady's studio between 1844 and 1860, the plate later passed to the U.S. War College and entered the Library of Congress in 1920.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesScratched on face of plate: 206; Shepherd Knapp. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsKnapp, Shepherd,--1795-1875.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,244 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference307_Shepherd_Knapp_halfleng_1844

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