Title
Senator George Ellis Pugh of Ohio, c.1857. Creator: Whitehurst Studio (American), attributed to.
Caption
Senator George Ellis Pugh of Ohio, c.1857. Photographing prominent politicians or other celebrities was an effective advertisement for the quality and prestige of a portrait studio. Whitehurst Studio opened in 1849 and soon had galleries in 12 cities, including Cincinnati, producing 30,000 daguerreotypes a year. In 1857 its Washington branch advertised it had photographed the entire Congress. To outflank competition from cheaper operators, Whitehurst, in1854, became a pioneer in America in the production of paper photographs. This is a rare example of an American salted paper print, one of the early paper print processes quickly succeeded by albumen prints. Pugh, a Cincinnati lawyer, represented Ohio in the US Senate from 1855 to 1861.
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Reference
HRM19G04_030
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Available size
119,9Mb (7,4Mb) / 19,1in x 24,4in / 5717 x 7331 (300dpi)