[John Hanson, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters view, wearing glasses, seated at desk] [graphic].
Washington, Augustus, 1820 or 1821-1875, photographer.
still image
Portrait photographs 1850-1860. gmgpc
Daguerreotypes 1850-1860. gmgpc
[between 1856 and 1858]
eng
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.
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, 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.
Hanson, John, Liberian senator.
Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress)
Records,
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.80108
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g06824
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3d01924
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