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[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Case: Rinhart 97. Barboza number: 6019.036. Stamped on brass mat: F. Grice. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

[Portrait of an unidentified woman with a fan]

Case: Floral design. Purchase; 2007; (DLC/PP-2007:103.1). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

[Unidentified man, about 60 years of age, half-length portrait, three-...

Identification from DAG 431A which was identified from a woodcut engraving from an ambrotype by Brady in Harper's Weekly, June 6, 1857, p. 357. Scratched on face of plate: 64. Scratched on back of plate: 80. Tr... More

[Robert Cornelius, self-portrait; believed to be the earliest extant A...

Daguerre announced his invention of a photographic method to the French Academy of Sciences in August 1839. That October, a young Philadelphian, Robert Cornelius, working out of doors to take advantage of the l... More

[William Hickling Prescott, half-length portrait, three-quarters to th...

Historian, author. Scratched on back of plate: 432. Hallmark: Rinhart 4b. Identification from a lithograph by Francois d'Avignon, plate 8 in Charles Edwards Lester's Gallery of illustrious Americans, 1850, publ... More

[Fernando Wood, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to left, e...

Photo shows Fernando Wood, Mayor of New York, 1855-57 and 1860-62, and Democratic Representative to Congress for New York state, 1841-1843, 1863-1865, and 1867-1881. Possibly a copy daguerreotype. Scratched on... More

[Unidentified man with moustache, half-length portrait, full face]

Photographer unidentified. Was part of LOT 8554. Transfer; Manuscript Division. Forms part of: American Colonization Society Records, 1792-1964 (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Li... More

[Unidentified man, possibly Lyman Fiske, head-and-shoulders portrait, ...

Photographer unidentified. Case: double case, variant of Rinhart 139. Scratched on back of plate: L.F. Accompanying note: Lyman Fiske, father, Harrison Grey Fiske. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1962; (DLC/PP-1... More

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, seated i...

Case: Rinhart 93. Hallmark: Rinhart 10. Barboza number: 6019.033. Stamped on brass mat: Ball & Thomas, 120 W 4th St. Cin. O. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype coll... More

[Pierre Soulé, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left]

Democratic Senator from Louisiana, 1847-1853; French liberal exile; political adventurer; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1853-1855. Scratched on face of plate: 43. Scratched on back of plate: 203. Transfer; U.S. War C... More

[Thomas Starr King, half-length portrait, three-quarters to right, eye...

Unitarian pastor, statesman, author. Identification from engraving in J.C. Buttre's American Portrait Gallery, 1877, v.1, [p. 61] Scratched on back of plate: 142; Rev. Thos. Starr King. Transfer; U.S. War Colle... More

[Portsmouth Square, San Francisco, California]

Case: delicate roses, variant. Attribution to McIntyre and year photographed from Mike Robinson, Daguerreian Annual, 2013. Signs in image include: California Restaurant, Book and Job Printing, Louisiana, Socied... More

[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, facing left, seated in chair]

Case: mixed flowers surrounded by scrolls. Hallmark: partially cut off. Appears to be Rinhart 29. Barboza number: 6019.046. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype colle... More

[Two portraits of Sarah Allister McAllister Grant. Right plate: head-a...

Image on left plate is barely visible. Paper label attached to case: Sarah by W.Y.M., 184? Inscription on left plate: "Taken in 1843 at 45 Sansom St. by W.Y. McAllister." Hallmark on both plates: iron cross sh... More

[Two portraits of Sarah Allister McAllister Grant. Right plate: head-a...

[Roger S. Baldwin, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly left...

Whig Senator from Connecticut, 1847-1851; Governor of Connecticut, 1844-1846. Scratched on back of plate: 5; Sen. Baldwin, Con. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotyp... More

[Hopkins Lacey Turney, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the lef...

Democratic Congressman from Tennessee, 1837-1843; Senator, 1845-1851. Scratched on face of plate: 161. Scratched on back of plate: Sen. Turney, Tenn. Hallmark: 40M. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-192... More

[Solon Borland, half-length portrait, facing three-quarters left]

Democratic Senator from Arkansas, 1848-1853. Identification from woodcut in Gleason's Pictorial, March 5, 1853, page 152. Scratched on back of plate: 130; Sen. Borland, Arkansas. Transfer; U.S. War College; 192... More

[Unidentified man, possibly Asher Brown Durand, half-length portrait, ...

Alternative identification: Galusha Aaron Grow. Scratched on back of plate: 223. Corners rounded. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congr... More

[Unidentified man, possibly Asher Brown Durand, half-length portrait, ...

[John Hanson, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters view, wear...

Photographer unidentified. Was part of LOT 8554. Written on back of plate: John Hanson, Senator from Bassa Co. Transfer; Manuscript Division. Forms part of: American Colonization Society Records, 1792-1964 (Lib... More

[George Washington Crawford, half-length portrait, three-quarters to t...

Whig Congressman from Georgia, 1843; Governor of Georgia 1843-1847; U.S. Secretary of War, 1849-1850. Alternative identification: G.W. Cramp (cat. 5). Written in ink on back of plate: 464; G.W. Crawford. Identi... More

[Foremen, Phoenix Fire Company and Mechanic Fire Company, Charleston, ...

Back of case: mixed flowers surrounded by scrolls. Labels on case: "55," "53". Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1998; (DLC/PP-1998:151.16). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms part o... More

[Occupational portrait of a salesman, three-quarter length, seated, di...

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 46c. Case: back only, mixed flowers surrounded by scrolls. Purchase/exchange; Gary Vroegindewey; 1981; (DLC/PP-1981:380R.16). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection... More

[Edwin Forrest, head-and-shoulders portrait, nearly in profile to the ...

Actor. Copy of DAG no. 55, reversed and slightly enlarged. Scratched on face of plate: 48. In pencil on back of plate: 42. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype col... More

[Joseph Jenkins Roberts, half-length portrait, full face]

Roberts arrived in Liberia in 1829 from Virginia. In 1839 Roberts was appointed Vice Colonial Governor of the Commonwealth of Liberia and took over as Governor of the Commonwealth, in 1841, when Thomas Buchanan... More

[Samuel Hanson Cox, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left]

Scratched on back of plate: 33 [cancelled]; 53 [cancelled]; 54. Hallmark: Rinhart 9. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produce... More

[Cornelius Mathews, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing specta...

Writer. Scratched on back of plate: 164 [canceled]; 174. Written in pencil on back of plate: 359; Cornelius (?). Corners trimmed. Identification from an engraving by Roberts in Duyckinck, Cyclopaedia of America... More

[John M. Clayton, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left]

Whig Senator from Delaware, 1829-1836, 1845-1849, 1853-1856; U.S. Secretary of State, 1849-1850. Scratched on back of plate: 15; Hon. John M. Clayton (Del.), Sec'y State Prest. Taylor's Cabinet/John M.Clayton, ... More

[Captain Samuel Hamilton Walker, half-length portrait, facing slightly...

Texas Ranger. Scratched on face of plate: 94; Capt. Walker. In pencil on back of plate: 199. Identification from mezzotint by A.B. Walter from a daguerreotype by M.P. Simons. Hallmark: Rinhart 46. Transfer; U.S... More

[Stephen Allen Benson, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to ...

Second president of Liberia. Was part of LOT 8554. Hallmark: [Dou]ble [Pascal lamb]. Stamped on brass mat: A. Washington 136 Main St. Hartford Ct. Transfer; Manuscript Division. Forms part of: American Coloniza... More

[Cassius Marcellus Clay, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the r...

U.S. Minister to Russia. Scratched on back of plate: Cassius M. Clay. Column in background indicates could possibly be by Southworth and Hawes. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part ... More

[Edward J. Roye, three-quarter length portrait, standing, with hand ra...

Liberian Senator, 1856- Photographer unidentified. Written on back of plate: Ed. J. Roye, Senator from Montserrado Co. Was part of LOT 8554. Transfer; Manuscript Division. Forms part of: American Colonization S... More

[John Bell, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, eyes fr...

Whig Congressman from Tennessee, 1827-1841; Secretary of War, 1841; Senator, 1847-1859. Scratched on back of plate: Bell, Hon. John, Tenn. Hallmark: [asterisk] Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:461... More

[Unidentified woman and girl, seated, facing front]

Case: oval surrounded by scrolls. Stamped on brass mat: F. Grice. Barboza number: 6019.065. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

[Philip Phillips, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left]

Democratic Congressman from Alabama, 1853-1855. Possibly a copy daguerreotype. Scratched on back of plate: 206. Hallmark: Rinhart 4c. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguer... More

[Occupational portrait of a cooper, three-quarter length, with barrel ...

Photographer unidentified. Case: back only, variant of Rinhart 114. Possibly a copy daguerreotype. Purchase/exchange; Gary Vroegindewey; 1981; (DLC/PP-1981:380R.19). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Lib... More

[Two unidentified women seated on a sofa, two unidentified men standin...

Case: gold frame design. Accompanying label on case: "30." An inventory by Marian Carson attributes this daguerreotype to Collins. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:095.3). Forms part of: Daguerreo... More

[Unidentified boy, three-quarter length portrait, seated in chair cove...

Photographer unidentified. Case: Rinhart 119. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1998; (DLC/PP-1998:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Tilton C. Reynolds Papers (Lib... More

[David and Ellen Bell, three-quarter length portrait, seated]

Photographer unidentified. Case: Rinhart 131. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1975; (DLC/PP-1975:199). Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library o... More

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left]

Case: Rinhart 195. Barboza number: 6019.057. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

[Mary Manuel Lisa, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, seated,...

Photographer unidentified. Identification based on an engraving by John Sartain published in Memorials of the life and character of Mary Manuel Lisa. Case: scroll motif. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1995; (DL... More

[Unidentified woman, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, seat...

Photographer unidentified. May be copy daguerreotype. Hallmark: possibly Rinhart 46. Case: front, mixed flowers; back, quadrafoil. Source unknown. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

[John Sherman, head-and-shoulders portrait, full face]

Republican Representative from Ohio, 1855-1861; Senator, 1861-1877, 1881-1897; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1877-1881. Photographer unidentified. Case: back only, oval frame design. Source unknown. Forms par... More

Chestnut St. south side west of 2d

Case: Passe partout mat. Label attached to back of mat: Chestnut St. south side west of 2d about 1844-5 by W.Y. McAllister. Image is not visible on plate. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:126). Fo... More

[Unidentified man, about 70 years of age, half-length portrait, facing...

Scratched on back of plate: 26. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Unidentified man, about 45 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait,...

Alternative identification: Jeff Davis. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Unidentified man, about 30 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait,...

Alternative identifications: Joseph Eldridge H. Hamblin, soldier; Thos. S.H. Ordwiz(?), actor. Scratched on face of plate: 108 [cancelled]; 112; Hamblin Jr. Scratched on back of plate: 240. Corners trimmed. Tr... More

[Unidentified man, about 55 years of age, half-length portrait, three-...

Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Samuel F. B. Morse, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Produced by Mathew Brady's studio. Scratched on face of plate: 139. Scratched on back of plate: 15; 294 Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of... More

[Unidentified man, about 40 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait,...

Two corners trimmed. Scratched on back of plate: 216. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Military officer and a woman, the officer in uniform, standing, facin...

Photograph shows portrait of military officer and unidentified woman, probably his wife. Title devised by Library staff based on information from National Archives photograph no. 111-B-5731. Scratched on face o... More

[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, eyes fr...

Scratched on back of plate: 30. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Washington Hunt, half-length portrait, slightly to right]

Whig Congressman from New York, 1843-1849; Governor of New York, 1850-1852. Identification from engraving by A.H. Ritchie, Dagpe. by Brady. Scratched on back of plate: 17. Hallmark: [paschal lamb] A. Gaudin 40(... More

[Adams family portrait, with man, woman, and baby girl]

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 31a. Case: variant of Rinhart 140. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1972; (DLC/PP-1972:133). Forms part of: John Adams Kingsbury Papers, 1840-1960 (Library of Congress... More

[Unidentified couple, man seated and woman standing]

Case: Eichmeyer style. Barboza number: 6019.023. Stamped on brass mat: J. P. Ball, Cincinnati. Date based upon address of photographer. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerr... More

[William Cassiday Cattell, holding large Bible, with five page boys]

Photographer unidentified. Case: curved diamond surrounded by leaves, with linked border. Accompanying note: Wm. Cassady Cattell with the page boys whom he tutored in Abermarle, Va. Transfer; Manuscript Divisio... More

Allister, Elizette, Jessie, children of Dr. William R. Grant, looking ...

No electronic surrogate available. Written on back: Allister M. Grant, Elizette M. Grant, Jessie M. Grant. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:105). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library o... More

[Lizzie, John, Annie, and Mitchell McAllister]

Case: front - mixed flowers surrounded by an oval; back - geometric design. Label attached to case: Mitchell, Lizzie, John and Annie. Label attached to case: Lizzie, John, Dec. 5, 1851, Annie, Mitchell McAllist... More

[Unidentified man, about 45 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait,...

Hallmark: Rinhart 9. Written in pencil on back of plate: 504(X). Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Two unidentified women, full-length portraits, seated at table with t...

Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Lucy Stone, head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman, facing front]

Photographer is G. W. Bartlett, New Albany, Ind. Case: floral motif. Date and photographer from accompanying documentation in the Blackwell family papers. Forms part of: Visual materials from the Blackwell fami... More

[Unidentified child, full-length portrait, facing left]

No electronic surrogate available. The daguerreotype is housed with a brass mat and preserver; no case. Dress accents and ring are gilt. Transfer, Manuscript Division (Frances G. Wickes Papers); 2001; (DLC/PP-2... More

Two unidentified young boys, half-length portrait, facing front

Photograph shows boys wearing suits with bowties and white armbands. Case: bottom, Rinhart no. 93; top, Rinhart no. 98. Stamped on brass mat: F. Grice. Purchase; Lynn Maillet; 2017; (DLC/PP-2017:034). Forms pa... More

Unidentified man, seated half-length portrait, facing front

Photograph shows man resting his elbow on a table. Case: Leather, geometric design. Stamped on brass mat: F. Grice. Purchase; Lynn Maillet; 2017; (DLC/PP-2017:034). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Lib... More

[Half-length portrait of Christiana Williams Freeman, seated]

Daguerreotype shows Christiana Williams Freeman, mother of Isadora Noe and Mary Christiana Freeman. Photographer unidentified. Case: framed floral motif. Label on back of case: "Christiana Williams Freeman, mot... More

[Emlen Cresson, three-quarters length portrait, facing front, with arm...

Possibly by Samuel Broadbent based on painted backdrop. Case: lilies on front and geometric design on back. Inscribed on case: Mascher's Improved Stereoscope, Philada., Patent March 8, 1853. Paper label adhered... More

Marcia Bryant, daughter of John and Ophe Procter Bryant

Photograph shows half-length portrait of Marcia Ann Bryant, daughter of John and Ophe (or Opha) Proctor Bryant. Case: Rinhart, no. 89. Transfer; LC Manuscript Divison; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:134). Forms part of: V... More

[H.H. Fage, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left]

Case: red velvet, push button. Accompanying note: 1862 H. H. Fage 28 carried by A.C.F. Printed on inside of case: Anson 589 Broadway N.Y. Gift; Family of William B. Osgood Field; 1997; (DLC/PP-1999:155). Forms ... More

[Fernando Wood, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to left, e...

[Unidentified woman, half-length portrait, facing front, holding a cop...

Photographer unidentified. Case: back only, oval surrounded by scroll motif. Purchase; 1996; (DLC/PP-1996:031). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Published under title "Temperance a... More

[Washington Irving, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left]

Author; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1842-1846. Hallmark: Rinhart 20. Scratched on back of plate: 47. Copy daguerreotype of original by John Plumbe in reverse. Facing the light / H. Pfister. Washington : Smithsonian... More

[Chancy Brown, three-quarter length portrait, facing front]

Sargeant at Arms of the Liberian Senate. Photographer unidentified. Was part of LOT 8554. Hallmark: Rinhart 20a. Written on back of plate: Chancy Brown, Sargeant at Arms. Transfer; Manuscript Division. Forms pa... More

[Children of Lt. Montgomery C. Meigs, in donkey cart with dog, probabl...

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 46c. Case: variant of Rinhart 131. Illegible inscription scratched on back of plate. Accompanying note in case: The children of Lt. M.C. Meigs, Eng. Corp U.S.A. take... More

[President's house (i.e. White House), Washington, D.C., showing south...

Purchase; 1972; (DLC/PP-1972:R01.2). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Exhibit loan 4105-L.

[Pierre Soulé, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left]

[Sam Houston, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, in civ...

President of Texas, 1836-1838, 1841-1844; Democratic Senator from Texas, 1846-1859. Scratched on back of plate: 233; Sam Houston, Texas. Hallmark: Rinhart 46. Identification from lithograph by Konrad in Huber, ... More

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to the right,...

Scratched on face of plate: 143. Scratched on back of plate: 49; 195. Formerly identified as Cyrus Field. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library ... More

[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, facing left, seated in chair]

[Two portraits of Sarah Allister McAllister Grant. Right plate: head-a...

[John A. Dix, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, in civ...

Democratic Senator from New York, 1845-1849; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1861; Governor of New York, 1873-1875. Scratched on back of plate: 102; John A. Dix. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:4... More

[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, slightly to right]

Photographer unidentified. Was part of LOT 8554. Hallmark: [asterisk]. Transfer; Manuscript Division. Forms part of: American Colonization Society Records, 1792-1964 (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Daguer... More

[Unidentified woman, half-length portrait, facing front]

Hallmark: Rinhart 46a. Case: diapered center surrounded by frame design. Barboza number: 6019.071. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

[Unidentified man and woman, seated, facing front]

Case: ornamental circle, variant. Barboza number: 6019.063. Stamped on brass mat: F. Grice. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). For more information about this collection, see http://hdl.loc.go... More

[Unidentified children, possibly Linus and Mary Alice "Pett" Barbour]

No case, only velvet pad remains. No electronic surrogate available. Transfer; Manuscript Division (Lucian Barbour Papers); 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:087). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress)... More

[Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Abraham Lincoln. Three-quarter length port...

Attribution to Nicolas H. Shepherd based on similarity to daguerreotype of Lincoln received as a pair with this portrait. Hallmark: Rinhart 46. Case: variant of Rinhart 219. Facing the light / H. Pfister. Wash... More

[Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Abraham Lincoln. Three-quarter length port...

[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left]

Alternatively identified as Alfred F. Russell based on similarity to DAG no. 1011. Was part of LOT 8554. Stamped on brass mat: A. Washington 136 Main St. Hartford Ct. Transfer; Manuscript Division. Forms part o... More

[Samuel Hanson Cox, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left]

[Henry Clay, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Republican Senator from Kentucky, 1806-1807, 1810-1811; Congressman, 1811-1814, 1815-1821, 1823-1825; U.S. Secretary of State, 1825-1829; Whig Senator, 1831-1842, 1849-1852; Democratic Republican candidate for ... More

[Dolley Madison, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, facing fron...

Scratched on back of plate: 64. Same image as DAG no. 518X. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Urias A. McGill, half-length portrait, facing front]

Was part of LOT 8554. Case: double case, red velvet with brass leaves at corners; also houses DAG no. 1029. Stamped on brass mat: A. Washington 136 Main St. Hartford Ct. Accompanying hand-written note: Urias Mc... More

[Winfield Scott, head-and-shoulders portrait, head three-quarters to t...

General, U.S. Army officer, Commander in Chief. DAG no. 325 is probably a copy of this image. Scratched on face of plate: 146; Gen. Scott. Written on back of plate: 224. Hallmark: Rinhart 9. Facing the light / ... More

[Stereograph of unidentified woman, full-length, facing front, seated ...

Stereographic case embossed in gold: "Mayall, 224 Regent St. (Argyll Place) & 433 West Strand." Label adhered to case: "20". Label adhered to cover glass: "PB 187". Purchased at Parke-Bernet Galleries, Sale #68... More

[Unidentified woman, about 20 years of age, three-quarter length portr...

Scratched on back of plate: 42. Possibly the same woman who is depicted in the lower right corner of DAG no. 253 (Source: Owen Blevins 4/2017). Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part ... More

[Unidentified man, three-quarters length portrait, standing in front o...

Case: mixed flowers surrounded by scrolls. Stamped on brass mat: Ball & Thomas, 120 W 4th St. Cin. O. Hallmark: Rinhart 30. Same sitter as in DAG no. 1384. Barboza number: 6019.024. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1... More

[John Ellis Wool, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, i...

U.S. Army General. Scratched on back of plate: 326; Gen. Wool. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Thomas Corwin, full-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, stan...

Whig Congressman from Ohio, 1831-1840; Governor of Ohio, 1840-1842; Senator, 1845-1850; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1850-1853; Republican Congressman, 1858-1861. Scratched on face of plate: 100; Corwin Thos... More

[Andrew Jackson Downing, image totally obscured]

Scratched on back of plate: 452 Downing of Newburg. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Unidentified woman, about 25 years of age, three-quarter length portr...

Scratched on back of plate: 435. Hallmark: [diamond] Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

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