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Daguerreotype portrait of a seated man in dark suit – Historic Photo Reproduction

Daguerreotype portrait of a seated man in dark suit, 1844 — historic photograph
Daguerreotype portrait of a seated man in dark suit, 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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A window into the past: Daguerreotype portrait of a seated man in dark suit, 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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Daguerreotype portrait of a seated man in dark suit

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A seated man in a dark suit is the only detail the record gives us, and the sitter's name and studio are not recorded, so the portrait has to be read through its medium and moment. Made in 1844, it is a daguerreotype, the process Louis Daguerre publicized in 1839 that produced a single, mirror-like image on a silvered copper plate. Exposures then ran from several seconds to a few minutes, so sitters held still with the help of head braces and posing stands. Its tonal sharpness and reversed image are worth noticing, as is the dark suit, which photographed well in the medium's silvery tones.

Created / published1844
Original scan3,290 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference377_Unidentified_man_about_1844

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