Bearded man in dark coat and bow tie, early photographic portrait – Historic Photograph Print
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A window into the past: Bearded man in dark coat and bow tie, early photographic portrait, preserved in this historic photograph. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Bearded man in dark coat and bow tie, early photographic portrait
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A daguerreotype from 1851 shows a bearded man in a dark coat and bow tie, a sitter whose name the record does not give. Daguerreotypes were made on polished silver-coated copper plates, so each one is a single unique image, and this kind of portrait was the fashionable novelty of the early 1850s, when studios in cities across the United States and Europe were busy with middle-class sitters. The formal dress and full beard reflect the styles of the period. Because the plate is one of a kind, its surface and tonal range are worth examining closely in person.
| Created / published | 1851 |
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| Original scan | 3,286 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 651_Unidentified_man_about_1851 |
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