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[John Alexander Kennedy, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left, eyes front] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[John Alexander Kennedy, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left, eyes front], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[John Alexander Kennedy, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left, 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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[John Alexander Kennedy, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left, eyes front]

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A half-plate daguerreotype of John A. Kennedy shows him from the waist up, turned three-quarters to the left with his eyes fixed on the viewer. The record dates it between 1844 and 1860 and credits Mathew Brady's studio, one of the best-known portrait operations of the period. Its surface has been gold-toned, a treatment that added warmth and some protection to the silver image. The plate's back carries a scratched inscription with Kennedy's name, and the catalog notes alternate readings, John A. Kane and John A. Kanll, that show how hard such marks can be to decipher. The plate reached the Library of Congress through the U.S. War College, which transferred it in 1920.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesAlternative identifications: John A. Kane; John A. Kanll. Scratched on back of plate: 2; John A. Kennedy. Hallmark: Rinhart 44. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsKennedy, John A.,--1803-1873.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,153 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference229_John_Alexander_Kennedy_1844

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