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2. www.gettyimages.com › photos › augustus-washingtonAugustus Washington Photos and Premium High Res Pictures ...

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   Browse Getty Images' premium collection of high-quality, authentic Augustus Washington stock photos, royalty-free images, and pictures. Augustus Washington stock photos are available in a variety of sizes and formats to fit your needs.

   • Washington, DC City Plan, 1849. Illustration by S, Augustus Mitchell

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3. blogs.loc.gov › picturethis › 2013Augustus Washington, Daguerreotypist | Picture This

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   Feb 27, 2013 · See more portraits of Liberians by daguerreotypist Augustus Washington via the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog. Washington’s photographs are but a small subset of some 700 daguerreotypes held by the Prints & Photographs Division.

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   Who was Augustus Washington?

   • Augustus Washington (born 1820/1821) decided to try his hand at the new art of daguerreotype photography. Little did he realize that he was making a major career decision which would affect the rest of his life!

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   How did Augustus Washington become a photographer?

   • In the winter of 1843, Augustus Washington was enrolled in his freshman year at Dartmouth College when he turned to photography to earn some income. He soon left Dartmouth, and within five years had a thriving studio in Hartford, Connecticut. By 1850, he was a prosperous photographer and a husband.

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   Was Augustus Washington a slave?

   • Augustus Washington was born in Trenton, New Jersey, in 1820 or 1821. His father had been a slave in Virginia. His mother was a native of South Asia, but he says no more about her. She probably died young. His stepmother, described by Washington as 'an excellent Christian woman of Indian, white and negro extraction', had also been a slave.

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   What is George Washington best known for?

   • Washington is best known for a famous daguerreotype of John Brown. Portrait of Chancy Brown, sergeant-at-arms for the Senate of Liberia .

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   William Spencer Anderson. Augustus Washington ( c. 1820 – June 7, 1875) was an American photographer and daguerreotypist. He was born in New Jersey as a free person of color and migrated to Liberia in 1852. He is one of the few African-American daguerreotypists whose career has been documented.

6. npg.si.edu › exh › awash"A Durable Memento: Portraits by Augustus Washington, African ...

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   Offering portraits ranging in price from $.50 to $10, Washington attracted a broad clientele, and by the early 1850s was regarded as one of the city's foremost daguerreotypists. But despite his success, Washington worried about the future.

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9. www.icp.org › exhibitions › a-durable-mementoA Durable Memento: Portraits by Augustus Washington, African ...

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   Portraits by Augustus Washington, African American Daguerreotypist. Jun 24, 2000 – Sep 24, 2000. A Durable Memento is the first comprehensive exhibition of the work of Augustus Washington.

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    The earliest known portrait of radical abolitionist John Brown, this daguerreotype may also be the earliest surviving product of Washington's Hartford studio. Dating from 1846 or 1847, it depicts Brown during his brief tenure as a wool broker in Springfield, Massachusetts.