Seated woman in checked gingham dress, early photographic portrait – Historic Photo Reproduction
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Seated woman in checked gingham dress, early photographic portrait. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Seated woman in checked gingham dress, early photographic portrait
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A seated woman in a checked gingham dress sets this portrait apart, since the plain, patterned cloth points to everyday dress rather than the silks favored by wealthier sitters of the period. Made in 1844, just five years after Louis Daguerre publicly announced his process in 1839, the picture comes from the earliest years of photographic portraiture, when exposures could run for many seconds and sitters had to hold very still. Daguerreotypes are unique images fixed on polished silvered copper, so the sharp detail and mirror-like surface reward a close look, where the fabric's weave and the sitter's pose come into focus.
| Created / published | 1844 |
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| Original scan | 1,079 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 501_Unidentified_woman_abou_1844 |
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