Studio portrait of a man in suit and pince-nez – Historic Photograph Print
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Description
This rare historic image captures Studio portrait of a man in suit and pince-nez in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Studio portrait of a man in suit and pince-nez
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The sitter wears a dark suit and pince-nez, the clip-on spectacles that had no earpieces and stayed on the nose by a spring across the bridge. That style was most common from the 1880s into the 1920s, and a studio portrait from those decades usually meant the subject sat still for a long exposure against a painted or draped backdrop. Such portraits were often made for family keepsakes or to mark a special occasion, so the picture offers a useful glimpse of how men dressed for formal photographs. No sitter or photographer is named, so the man's identity and circumstances remain open.
| Original scan | 1,957 × 2,400 px · prints to 7 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 17355a harris and ewing |
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