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American Colonization Society Augustus Washington. [Unidentified woman, probably a member of the Urias McGill family, three-quarters length portrait, facing front, holding daguerreotype case] sixth plate daguerreotype, between 1854 and 1860. The American Colonization Society, a private philanthropic organization, was organized in Washington, D.C., in 1817 for the purpose of relocating freeborn and emancipated blacks to Africa. The Society's supporters espoused a wide range of viewpoints on slavery...

Photo, Print, Drawing

[Unidentified woman, probably a member of the Urias McGill family, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, holding daguerreotype case] Case: double case, red velvet with brass leaves at the corners; also houses DAG no. 1028. Was part of LOT 8554. Transfer; Manuscript Division. The American Colonization Society was organized in 1817 to resettle Afro-Americans in Liberia. Forms part of: American Colonization Society Records, 1792-1964 (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: A durable memento: Portraits by Augustus Washington,...

Contributor: Washington, Augustus
Date: 1854

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[Philip Coker, three-quarter length portrait, full face, seated, wearing spectacles] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype. | Photograph shows Philip Coker, Chaplain of the Senate of Liberia.

Contributor: Washington, Augustus
Date: 1856

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[John Hanson, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters view, wearing glasses, seated at desk] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype; 8.5 x 7 x .5 cm.

Contributor: Washington, Augustus
Date: 1856

Collection

Daguerreotypes There are approximately 700 daguerreotypes in the Prints & Photographs Division. The majority of the images are portraits, but the collection does include a few early architectural views, outdoor scenes, and copies of works of art.

Contributor: Washington, Augustus - Cornelius, Robert - Brady, Mathew B. - Anson, Rufus
Date: 1839

Collection Items: View 873 Items

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Related Resources Daguerreotypes: A Selected Bibliography Barger, M. Susan, and William B. White. The Daguerreotype: Nineteenth-Century Technology and Modern Science. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991. The Daguerreian Annual: Official Yearbook of the Daguerreian Society. Eureka, CA: The Daguerreian Society, 1990- Fern, Alan, and Milton Kaplan. "John Plumbe, Jr., and the First Architectural Photographs of the Nation's Capitol." The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress....

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[Jane Roberts, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, full face] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype. | Wife of President of Liberia, Joseph Jenkins Roberts.

Contributor: Washington, Augustus - Anson, Rufus
Date: 1854

Article

Mirror Images: Daguerreotypes at the Library of Congress Photographer unidentified. [Occupational portrait of a woman working at a sewing machine] sixth plate daguerreotype, ca. 1853. This presentation illustrates the major subjects represented in the Daguerreotypes Collection. Each of the categories below feature selected highlights from the collection.

Date: 1839

Photo, Print, Drawing

[Edward Morris, three-quarter length portrait, full face, seated at desk] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype.

Contributor: Washington, Augustus
Date: 1856

Photo, Print, Drawing

[C.H. Hicks, in profile, seated at desk] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype.

Contributor: Washington, Augustus
Date: 1856

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[James M. Priest, three-quarter length portrait, full face, seated at desk] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype. | Photograph shows Vice President of Liberia under Daniel Bashiel Warner, 1864-1867; third president of Liberia, 1867.

Contributor: Washington, Augustus
Date: 1856

Photo, Print, Drawing

[James B. Yates, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters view, seated in chair at desk] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype.

Contributor: Washington, Augustus
Date: 1856

Photo, Print, Drawing

[Chancy Brown, three-quarter length portrait, facing front] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype. | Photograph shows Chancy Brown who served as Sargeant at Arms of the Liberian Senate.

Contributor: Washington, Augustus
Date: 1856

Photo, Print, Drawing

[Woman, probably Sarah McGill Russwurm, sister of Urias Africanus McGill, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, holding daguerreotype case] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype, hand-colored ; 9 x 9.7 x 2.3 cm.

Contributor: Washington, Augustus
Date: 1854

Photo, Print, Drawing

[Stephen Allen Benson, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the right] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype. | Second president of Liberia.

Contributor: Anson, Rufus
Date: 1851

Photo, Print, Drawing

[R. McGill, full-length portrait, seated in chair, facing front, with textile screen in background] 1 photograph : quarter plate daguerreotype.

Date: 1840

Photo, Print, Drawing

[Unidentified man with moustache, half-length portrait, full face] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype.

Date: 1840

Photo, Print, Drawing

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters view to right] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype.

Date: 1840

Photo, Print, Drawing

[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, slightly to right] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype.

Date: 1840

Photo, Print, Drawing

[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, full face] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype.

Date: 1840

Photo, Print, Drawing

[Unidentified man, three-quarter length portrait, full face, with arm on table with tablecloth] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype, hand-colored.

Date: 1849

Photo, Print, Drawing

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, full face] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype.

Date: 1850

Photo, Print, Drawing

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, full face] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype.

Date: 1840

Photo, Print, Drawing

[Joseph Jenkins Roberts, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to right] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype. | President of Liberia.

Contributor: McCarty, Augustus
Date: 1840

Photo, Print, Drawing

[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype.

Date: 1840

Collection Daguerreotypes

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