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Seated man in dark coat and cravat, daguerreotype portrait – Vintage Wall Art

Seated man in dark coat and cravat, daguerreotype portrait, 1844 — historic photograph
Seated man in dark coat and cravat, daguerreotype portrait, 1844. Historic photograph from the Daguerreotypes & Early Photography collection.

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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Seated man in dark coat and cravat, daguerreotype portrait. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.

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Seated man in dark coat and cravat, daguerreotype portrait

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A daguerreotype from 1844 shows a seated man in a dark coat and cravat, a format that was then barely five years old. Daguerreotypes were made on silvered copper plates, each one a single unique image rather than a print that could be copied, and sitters often had to hold still for minutes under the lens. The cravat and close-cut coat point to the fashions of the mid-1840s, when a formal portrait was a considered investment. Because the plate is a mirror-like surface, the image shifts with the angle of light, so the sitter's face can appear only when viewed from the right position.

Created / published1844
Original scan3,297 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference373_Unidentified_man_about_1844

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