Daguerreotype occupational portrait of a man with mallet and chisel – Vintage Photo Print
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Daguerreotype occupational portrait of a man with mallet and chisel. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Daguerreotype occupational portrait of a man with mallet and chisel
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A man poses with a mallet and chisel, tools that tell us his trade before we learn anything about his face. Daguerreotypes like this one date to 1840, only a year or two after Louis Daguerre's process was made public in 1839, when exposures could still take several minutes and sitters had to hold still. Occupational portraits of this kind were a popular early use of the new medium, letting working men present themselves as skilled and respectable. The sharp, mirror-like silver surface of a daguerreotype also captures fine detail in the tools and clothing, so it is worth looking closely at the hands and the objects they hold.
| Created / published | 1840 |
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| Original scan | 3,280 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 283_Occupational_portrait_o_1840 |
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