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English: Daguerreotype of an oil painting depicting William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States.[1]
Date circa 1850 copy of 1841 original
Source The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession number: 37.14.44. Search for "William Henry Harrison" on the museum's site.
Author Albert Sands Southworth (American, 1811–1894) and Josiah Johnson Hawes (American, 1808–1901). Edited by: Fallschirmjäger
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  1. Schuessler, Jennifer (2017-08-16). "Found: Oldest Known Photo of a U.S. President (Socks and All)". New York Times. Retrieved on 2017-12-01. "A startlingly lifelike daguerreotype showing Harrison, made by the Boston photography studio Southworth and Hawes around 1850 and now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is a reproduction of an oil portrait, not of a photograph."

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