Vintage sepia studio photograph of a dancing couple – Vintage Photo Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Vintage sepia studio photograph of a dancing couple comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Vintage sepia studio photograph of a dancing couple
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Here a pair of dancers pose mid-step in a stiff, formal studio setting, the kind of portrait a Victorian couple might sit for to mark a special occasion. Sepia-toned studio portraits like this were common from the late 1800s into the early 1900s, when photographers used painted backdrops and posing stands to create an idealized scene. Staged dance images were a popular novelty, and the warm brown tint that gives this piece its character was the natural look of many albumen and gelatin prints of the era. The Valentine's Day connection on this board reflects how such images were later gathered and shared as romantic keepsakes.
| Original scan | 506 × 814 px |
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| Reference | Img97 |
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