Unidentified man about – Historic Photograph Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
A window into the past: Unidentified man about, preserved in this historic photograph. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Unidentified man about
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A daguerreotype from 1844 showing an unidentified man, a subject whose name has been lost to time, which is common for portraits of this early period. Daguerreotypes were made on silver-coated copper plates, each one a single positive image with no negative to copy from, so every surviving example is unique. Sitters of the 1840s often had to hold still for several minutes in bright sunlight or a glass-roofed studio, and the stiff, serious expressions many of them wear reflect that demanding process. Because the plate is mirror-like, the image can shift from positive to negative depending on the angle of light, which is worth checking when you view one in person.
| Created / published | 1844 |
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| Original scan | 3,262 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 383_Unidentified_man_about_1844 |
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