Portrait of an unidentified man in a gilt daguerreotype case – Historic Photograph Print
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Description
A window into the past: Portrait of an unidentified man in a gilt daguerreotype case, preserved in this historic photograph. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Portrait of an unidentified man in a gilt daguerreotype case
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A gilt-framed daguerreotype from 1858 shows a man whose name has been lost, and the case itself is part of what makes the object worth a closer look. Daguerreotypes were made on silver-coated copper plates, so the image sits on a mirror-like surface that shifts from positive to negative as the viewer tilts it. By the late 1850s the process was being overtaken by cheaper paper-based photography, yet portraits like this one remained popular, and the hinged, velvet-lined cases were prized as keepsakes carried or displayed in the home.
| Created / published | 1858 |
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| Original scan | 3,994 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 669_Unidentified_man_headan_1858 |
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