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Unidentified woman abou – Vintage Wall Art

Unidentified woman abou, 1844 — historic photograph
Unidentified woman abou, 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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Unidentified woman abou comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

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Unidentified woman abou

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An unidentified woman stands at the center of this 1844 daguerreotype, and the record does not say who she was or where she sat, so her identity remains a question for the viewer. Daguerreotypes like this one were made on a silvered copper plate that had to be viewed at an angle to show its image, which gives the picture a mirror-like depth. By 1844, portrait studios had spread through American and European cities only a few years after the process was announced in 1839. Sitters often had to hold still for many seconds in strong studio light, so the stillness of the face and pose reflects the technology as much as the person.

Created / published1844
Original scan1,130 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference498_Unidentified_woman_abou_1844

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