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Daguerreotype portrait of a bearded man, half-length – Antique Photo Print

Daguerreotype portrait of a bearded man, half-length, 1844 — historic photograph
Daguerreotype portrait of a bearded man, half-length, 1844. Historic photograph from the Daguerreotypes & Early Photography collection.

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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Daguerreotype portrait of a bearded man, half-length. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

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Daguerreotype portrait of a bearded man, half-length

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The record gives us a half-length portrait of a bearded man, made as a daguerreotype in 1844, which places it within the first decade of photography becoming commercially practical. Daguerreotypes were unique positive images on silvered copper plates, so each one is a single object rather than a print that could be duplicated from a negative. Sitters in this period had to hold still for many seconds or even minutes, and the portrait's sharp detail, mirror-like surface and reflective sheen are typical of the process at its height. Because the image changes with the angle of light, these plates were usually kept under glass in small cases.

Created / published1844
Original scan3,289 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference429_Unidentified_man_halfle_1844

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