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Unidentified man halfle – Vintage Wall Art

Unidentified man halfle, 1855 — historic photograph
Unidentified man halfle, 1855. 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 man halfle 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 man halfle

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A half-length view of an unidentified man, dated 1855, the record offers little beyond the sitter's pose and the year. By the mid-1850s the daguerreotype had been in use for about fifteen years, and studio sitters often had to hold still for seconds or longer under strong light. Each plate is a single mirror-like positive on silvered copper, usually sealed under glass in a small case, which gives the image great sharpness but also a reflective surface that shifts with the viewing angle. Without a name, the portrait speaks mainly to how ordinary people sat for their likenesses in this period.

Created / published1855
Original scan4,038 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi
Reference661_Unidentified_man_halfle_1855

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