TITLE

[Nathan Kelsey Hall, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left]

CALL NUMBER

DAG no. 397

Original served by appointment only.

REPRODUCTION NUMBER

LC-USZ62-110143 (b&w film copy neg. post-1992)

LC-USZ62-28301 (b&w film copy neg. pre-1992)

No known restrictions on publication.

SUMMARY

Congressman from New York, 1847-1849; Postmaster General, 1850-1852.

MEDIUM

1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.

CREATED/PUBLISHED

[between 1844 and 1852]

RELATED NAMES

Brady, Mathew B., 1823 (ca.)-1896.

NOTES

Manuscript paper label: N. K. Hall, Late P. M. Gen., since discarded because of deterioration.

Scratched on back of plate: P.M. General. Written in ink on back of plate: P.M. General; N.K. Hall, P.M. General.

Hallmark: 40 [asterisk]

Identification from engraving by F. Halpin in American Whig Review, frontispiece, Feb. 1852.

Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153).

Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

SUBJECTS

Hall, Nathan Kelsey, 1810-1874.

FORMAT

Portrait photographs 1840-1860.

Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.

PART OF

Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY

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

DIGITAL ID

(b&w film copy neg. post-1992) cph 3c10143 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c10143

(b&w film copy neg. pre-1992) cph 3a29080 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a29080

CARD #

2004663977

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Nathan Kelsey Hall (March 28, 1810 – March 2, 1874) was an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and as U.S. Postmaster General