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[Unidentified child, full-length portrait, facing left] – Historic Photograph Print

[Unidentified child, full-length portrait, facing left], [ca. 1855] — historic photograph
[Unidentified child, full-length portrait, facing left], [ca. 1855]. Historic photograph from the Daguerreotypes & Early Photography collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Unidentified child, full-length portrait, facing left]

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Full-length daguerreotypes of children are uncommon, which makes this small sixth-plate portrait of an unidentified child, turned to the left, unusual. Gilt accents on the dress and a ring were added by hand, brightening the mirror-like silver surface at a time when most portraits were left plain. Made around 1855, it reflects a decade when daguerreotypes were the dominant form of photographic portrait, and long exposures required young sitters to hold very still.

Created / published[ca. 1855]
Medium1 photograph : sixth-plate daguerreotype.
GenreDaguerreotypes 1840-1860.Portrait photographs 1840-1850.
NotesNo electronic surrogate available. The daguerreotype is housed with a brass mat and preserver; no case. Dress accents and ring are gilt. Transfer, Manuscript Division (Frances G. Wickes Papers); 2001; (DLC/PP-2001:118). Forms part of: Frances G. Wickes Papers (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,936 × 6,146 px · prints to 16 × 20 in at 300 dpi
Reference333_Unidentified_child_full_1855

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