Unidentified man headan – Antique Photo Print
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Description
Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Unidentified man headan. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Unidentified man headan
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Few details identify the sitter of this small sixth-plate daguerreotype, but the number 379 scratched into the back of the plate, and its transfer to the Library of Congress from the U.S. War College in 1920, give it a traceable history. The portrait was produced in the studio of Mathew Brady, whose New York and Washington rooms were among the best known of the 1840s and 1850s. Daguerreotypes like this one, with the head-and-shoulders pose turned slightly to the right, were prized for their sharp detail and mirror-like silver surface, which shows the most when the plate is tilted under light.
| Created / published | 1844 |
|---|---|
| Original scan | 3,308 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 452_Unidentified_man_headan_1844 |
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