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Portrait of an older man in a dark coat, half-length – Historic Photo Reproduction

Portrait of an older man in a dark coat, half-length, 1844 — historic photograph
Portrait of an older man in a dark coat, half-length, 1844. Historic photograph from the Daguerreotypes & Early Photography collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Portrait of an older man in a dark coat, half-length comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.

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Portrait of an older man in a dark coat, half-length

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A half-length likeness of an unnamed older man in a dark coat, dated 1844, places this plate among the earliest years of portrait photography, when a daguerreotype was a single mirror-bright image on silvered copper rather than a print that could be copied. Sitters of the period had to hold still for several minutes in strong light, so the sharp face and steady gaze here reflect real patience on both sides of the camera. The record does not name the sitter or the maker, but the format alone is worth noticing: the image shows its detail best at an angle, and the mirror-like surface reflects the viewer back into the portrait.

Created / published1844
Original scan3,302 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference416_Unidentified_man_halfle_1844

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