Historical Portrait
[Daniel Haymond Polsley, former Republican congressman from West Virginia, half-length portrait, seated, facing right]
![[Daniel Haymond Polsley, former Republican congressman from West Virginia, half-length portrait, seated, facing right], 1875 (Library of Congress)](/api/img/daniel-haymond-polsley-former-republican-congressman-from-west-virginia-half-len-IIc0IzCZZOFkxnmjylsa.jpg)
Archive record
1 photographic print : albumen ; 5 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.
About this photograph
This albumen print shows Daniel Haymond Polsley, identified as a former Republican congressman from West Virginia, seated and facing right. The photograph was made by Mathew B. Brady in 1875.
No additional information about Polsley's congressional service or background is available in the archive record. The circumstances of the sitting and Brady's specific role in producing this portrait are not documented.
Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.
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Rights & Attribution
Credit: Library of Congress
Reuse: Public domain. Free to download, print, edit and republish, commercially or otherwise. How rights work in this archive.
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