Zachary Taylor portrait
About this photograph
Photo by Mathew Brady, 1849.
- Date created
- 1849
- License
- This work is believed to be in the public domain. Users are advised to make their own copyright assessment and to understand their rights to fair use.
- Source
- Original image housed by Wikipedia
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- Antebellum North Carolina: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the antebellum period (1830–1860). Topics include slavery, daily life, agriculture, industry, technology, and the arts, as well as the events leading to secession and civil war. (Page 7.2)
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1849 portrait of Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States. The photograph was taken by Mathew Brady, the famed 19th-century photographer who is often credited as the father of photojournalism.
