Daguerreotype portrait of a man in an oval frame – Historic Photograph Print
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Description
Step back in time with Daguerreotype portrait of a man in an oval frame, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Order it framed and ready to hang, or unframed to match a frame you already love. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Daguerreotype portrait of a man in an oval frame
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A daguerreotype from around 1850 gives us a single, unrepeatable sitter: a man framed within an oval, the composition shaped by the mat and mount that housed the plate. Daguerreotypes were made on silvered copper sheets, so each one is a positive image with no negative, and it can only be seen clearly at the right angle, where the surface shifts from mirror-like to visible picture. By 1850 the process had been public for roughly a decade and had become the most popular way for ordinary sitters to have their likeness made, and the cased portraits of that era were often treasured as keepsakes. The oval format was a common choice for busts and head-and-shoulders poses, which kept the sitter's face the clear focus of the image.
| Created / published | 1850 |
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| Original scan | 1,305 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 673_Unidentified_man_headan_1850 |
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