Daguerreotype portrait of a seated woman with a lace collar – Antique Photo Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Daguerreotype portrait of a seated woman with a lace collar, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Daguerreotype portrait of a seated woman with a lace collar
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A daguerreotype from 1850 shows a woman seated in a lace-trimmed collar, the sort of detail that survives only because the process captured fine textile texture so sharply. Daguerreotypes were made on silvered copper plates, each one a unique positive image rather than a print from a negative, which is why they carry a mirror-like sheen that shifts as you tilt them. By 1850 the process had been public for only about a decade, and portraits like this one were typically sat for over several seconds in bright light, so subjects often held still with the help of a head rest. The image's identity and the sitter's name are not recorded here, but the lace collar and seated pose reflect the fashions and studio conventions of the period.
| Created / published | 1850 |
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| Original scan | 3,289 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 705_Unidentified_woman_thre_1850 |
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