File:John Hanson, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters view, wearing glasses, seated at desk (LOC).jpg

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English: Washington, Augustus,, 1820 or 1821-1875,, photographer.

[John Hanson, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters view, wearing glasses, seated at desk]

[between 1856 and 1858]

1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype; 8.5 x 7 x .5 cm.

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Photograph attributed to Augustus Washington. (Source: Carol Johnson, "Faces of Freedom: Portraits from the American Colonization Society Collection" in The Daguerreian Annual, 1996)

Was part of LOT 8554. Written on back of plate: John Hanson, Senator from Bassa Co. Original served by appointment only. Transfer; Manuscript Division. 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, African American daguerreotypist. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress. Exhibited: "Called to the Camera: Black American Studio Photographers" at the New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park, New Orleans, LA 70124, September 15, 2022-January 8, 2023.

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Hanson, John,--Liberian senator.

Format: Portrait photographs--1850-1860. Daguerreotypes--1850-1860.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Part Of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 95861318 American Colonization Society. Records, 1792-1964. (DLC) mm7810660

The American Colonization Society was organized in 1817 to resettle Afro-Americans in Liberia.

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g06824

Call Number: DAG no. 1003
Date 1850s
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Author The Library of Congress

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