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[Distant view of a house and yard] – Vintage Wall Art

[Distant view of a house and yard], [between 1840 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Distant view of a house and yard], [between 1840 and 1860]. Historic photograph from the Daguerreotypes & Early Photography collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A quarter-plate daguerreotype in a decorative case, this view of a house and yard keeps a distant vantage, so the building sits small within its grounds. The case's central quatrefoil holds a floral design, a common ornament on cased images of the period. Daguerreotypes were introduced in 1839 and were made on silvered copper plates that had to be viewed at an angle to show the image. Because the photographer is unidentified, the picture is most useful as an example of how ordinary domestic subjects were recorded in the decade or two after the process appeared.

Created / published[between 1840 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : quarter plate daguerreotype.
GenreDaguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesPhotographer unidentified. Case: flowers in central quadrafoil. Source unknown. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsHouses--1840-1860.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,262 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
Reference172_Distant_view_of_a_house_1840

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