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[James Buchanan, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[James Buchanan, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left], [between 1844 and 1856] — historic photograph
[James Buchanan, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left], [between 1844 and 1856]. 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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[James Buchanan, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left]

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James Buchanan, the fifth president, is the sitter in this gold-toned whole plate daguerreotype, shown in a half-length view turned three-quarters to the left. The record dates it to between 1844 and 1856, a window that includes his years as Secretary of State and his 1856 presidential campaign. The plate is attributed to Mathew Brady's studio, one of the most prominent portrait operations of the period. Its identification rests on an 1856 engraving published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated News, which helps anchor the portrait to Buchanan's public life.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1856]
Medium1 photograph : whole plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesIdentification from an engraving by S.F. Baker in Frank Leslie's Illustrated News, May 3, 1856, p. 321. Scratched on back of plate: 428. Corners trimmed. DAG no. 225 is a possible copy of this image. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsBuchanan, James,--1791-1868.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,093 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference68_James_Buchanan_halfleng_1844

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