Mathew B. Brady
1848-1850
[Sam Houston, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, in civilian dress, clean shaven]

Daguerrotype, b&w film copy neg.
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Library of Congress Control Number: 2004663991, Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-110029 (b&w film copy neg. post-1992) LC-USZ62-27732 (b&w film copy neg. pre-1992) LC-USZ62-9798 (b&w film copy neg. pre-1992, before restoration)
 
President of Texas, 1836-1838, 1841-1844; Democratic Senator from Texas, 1846-1859.
 
Scratched on back of plate: 233; Sam Houston, Texas. Hallmark: Rinhart 46. Identification from lithograph by Konrad in Huber, History of Texas, 1856, v. 2, frontis.
 
Facing the light / H. Pfister. Washington : Smithsonian Institution press, 1978, p. 327.
 
Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153).
 
Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
 
Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
 
LL/118596