Daguerreotype occupational portrait of seated young person with flatiron – Historic Photograph Print
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This historic photograph of Daguerreotype occupational portrait of seated young person with flatiron brings a moment of history to your wall. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Daguerreotype occupational portrait of seated young person with flatiron
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A working tool is what sets this portrait apart from the many formal sitting portraits of its day. A young person sits beside a flatiron, a heavy iron that was heated on a stove and used to press cloth. Daguerreotypes made in 1840 required sitters to hold still for exposures lasting minutes, so the calm, deliberate pose reflects both the technique and the care taken in framing the image. Pressing and laundry work was common among working women and children in this period, which gives the picture its context. The silvered plate also records fine detail, so viewers can study the clothing and the iron itself.
| Created / published | 1840 |
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| Original scan | 3,241 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 279_Occupational_portrait_o_1840 |
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