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Daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified man, head and shoulders – Vintage Wall Art

Daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified man, head and shoulders, 1844 — historic photograph
Daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified man, head and shoulders, 1844. Historic photograph from the Daguerreotypes & Early Photography collection.

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Step back in time with Daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified man, head and shoulders, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.

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Daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified man, head and shoulders

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Facing left and framed from the head to the shoulders, this unidentified sitter appears on a quarter plate daguerreotype, a small silvered copper plate that gold toning strengthened and warmed. The plate came from Mathew Brady's studio, which drew many of the era's politicians, writers and military men to its New York rooms before the Civil War. The record also notes a 1920 transfer to the U.S. War College, and the picture now belongs to the Library of Congress daguerreotype collection.

Created / published1844
Original scan3,280 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference445_Unidentified_man_headan_1844

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