Daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified seated man – Antique Photo Print
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This rare historic photograph captures Daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified seated man in remarkable 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 seated man
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The sitter here is unnamed, which is typical of many surviving daguerreotypes from the mid-1840s, when the process was new and studio portraits were made for family and friends rather than for public record. He sits upright in a formal pose, a posture that reflects the long exposure times of the era, which often ran from several seconds to a minute or more in bright light and required subjects to hold still. Daguerreotypes such as this one were unique positives on polished silver-coated copper plates, so the image is a single object rather than a print that could be duplicated. Its 1844 date places it in the first years of commercial photography, when the medium was still a novelty and each portrait was a considerable investment for the sitter.
| Created / published | 1844 |
|---|---|
| Original scan | 3,282 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 358_Unidentified_man_about_1844 |
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