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Summary
Democratic Congressman from Illinois, 1843-1847; Senator, 1847-1861.
Produced possibly by Mathew Brady's studio in New York or Washington; or Alexander Hesler, Chicago.
Facing the light / H. Pfister. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978, p. 279 and 312.
Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153).
Forms part of: Brady-Handy collection (Library of Congress).
Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washington : Library of Congress ..., 1975, no. 72.
This daguerreotype disappeared in the 1980s; the loss was reported to the FBI.
Tags
Date
01/01/1850
Contributors
Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896.
Hesler, Alexander, 1823-1895.
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.
