Daguerreotype portrait of a man in dark coat – Vintage Photo Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Step back in time with Daguerreotype portrait of a man in dark coat, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Daguerreotype portrait of a man in dark coat
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Few surviving daguerreotypes from 1844 show an ordinary sitter in everyday dress, so this portrait of a man in a dark coat gives a sense of how studio photography was used by people who were not public figures. Daguerreotypes of this period were unique metal plates, each one a single image rather than a print that could be copied, and the process demanded long exposures that required sitters to hold very still, often with the help of a head brace. The dark coat, a common choice for men at the time, would have photographed with strong contrast against the light background typical of these studios. Viewers today often notice the mirror-like surface of the plate, which reflects the viewer's own movement as the image is tilted toward the light.
| Created / published | 1844 |
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| Original scan | 1,116 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 201_Henry_Grinnell_headands_1844 |
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