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Daguerreotype of a man taken by Augustus Washington, ca. 1850. Creator: Augustus Washington.

Daguerreotype of a man taken by Augustus Washington, ca. 1850. Creator: Augustus Washington.

2-832-770 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

An unknown man wearing a jacket, vest, and tie. African-American photographer and daguerreotypist Augustus Washington (c. 1820-1875) was born in New Jersey as a free person of colour and immigrated to Liberia in 1852. He is one of the few African-American daguerreotypists whose career has been documented.

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Creator
  1. Augustus Washington, attributed to: American, African-American: Photographer, daguerreotypist
Medium
  1. Photograph
  2. Silver amalgam, silver on copper photographic plates with wood, leather, velvet, and metal
Picture Type
  1. Daguerreotypes
  2. Portrait
  3. Portraits
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Artistic Representations Portraits

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 9641x6835
File Size : 193,056kb

Aliases

  1. 2010.52.1
  1. NMAAHC-2010_52_1
  1. 0990004585
  1. 2-832-770
  1. 2010.52.1
  1. 2832770

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