Seated bearded man in suit, oval sepia studio portrait – Vintage Wall Art
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Step back in time with Seated bearded man in suit, oval sepia studio portrait, a historic image rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Seated bearded man in suit, oval sepia studio portrait
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Rather than a battlefield or a speaker's platform, this picture shows a bearded man seated for a studio portrait, his figure set within an oval vignette and printed in warm sepia tones. The record does not name the sitter, so it is best read as a period portrait kept among Gettysburg materials rather than as a document of the Address itself. Oval vignettes like this were a popular studio style in the decades after the Civil War, when photographers used soft-edged framing and brown-toned printing to flatter their subjects. The Address was delivered in November 1863, and photographs of people from that era help show who was present in the town and how they chose to present themselves.
| Original scan | 2,000 × 2,584 px · prints to 7 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 19191u |
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