Daguerreotype portrait of a man in profile – Historic Photograph Print
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A window into the past: Daguerreotype portrait of a man in profile, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Daguerreotype portrait of a man in profile
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Few details survive about the sitter in this daguerreotype, which shows a man turned to the side so that his profile fills the frame. Dated 1844, it belongs to the first years after Louis Daguerre's process was made public in 1839, when a single mirror-bright silver plate could capture a face in a few minutes of exposure. Portraits in profile were a common choice then, partly because a turned head suited the formal conventions of the day and partly because the sitter had to hold still for long enough. Looking closely, you can see how the image changes with the angle of light, appearing as a positive or a negative depending on where you stand.
| Created / published | 1844 |
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| Original scan | 3,273 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 200_Henry_Grinnell_headands_1844 |
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