MAKE A MEME View Large Image James K. Polk, 1847-1849.jpg en The exact date when Polk sat for this daguerreotype is unclear but his haggard appearance and thin hair indicate that it was late in his presidential term or perhaps in the months after he left oflice One ...
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Keywords: James K. Polk, 1847-1849.jpg en The exact date when Polk sat for this daguerreotype is unclear but his haggard appearance and thin hair indicate that it was late in his presidential term or perhaps in the months after he left oflice One letter writer who saw Polk in the summer of 1847 described his 'fatigued and careworn countenance which me-thought might turn the hearts of some of his most violent opponents Sandweiss Eyewitness to War 241 Daguerreotype with applied color ca 1847-49 Amon Carter Museum of American Art Fort Worth Texas P1981 65 n Daguerreotype with applied coloring sixth- plate c 1847-49 3 -1/4 x 2-11/16 in 8 3 x 6 9 cm Stamped l r corner 30 Copper-backed plate; 4 corners clipped at 45° angle; plate holder crimp mark 1 1 edge ACM 81 65/12 1 Amon Carter Museum of American Art Fort Worth Texas cite book Greenberg Amy S A Wicked War Polk Clay Lincoln and the 1846 U S Invasion of Mexico http //books google com/books id 4a1sAAAAQBAJ pg PA220 2013 Vintage Books 978-0-307-47599-2 220 author 1847 1849 PD-art James Knox Polk Photographs in the Amon Carter Museum
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