Seated unidentified woman in ornate daguerreotype case – Antique Photo Print
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Seated unidentified woman in ornate daguerreotype case. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Seated unidentified woman in ornate daguerreotype case
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A seated woman, unidentified and unnamed in the record, sits for a daguerreotype made around 1855, and the ornate case that holds the plate is as much a part of the object as the portrait itself. Daguerreotypes were positive images fixed on silvered copper, so each one is a single unique plate rather than a print that could be reproduced. Cases of this kind, often lined with velvet and framed in embossed brass or leather, were built to protect the fragile surface and to make the picture feel like a keepsake. Viewers tilted these plates to catch the light, and the mirror-like surface can still shift the image as you move past it.
| Created / published | 1855 |
|---|---|
| Original scan | 4,033 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 706_Unidentified_woman_thre_1855 |
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