Seated woman in hand-colored daguerreotype, gilt mat and case – Antique Photo Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Seated woman in hand-colored daguerreotype, gilt mat and case, preserved in this historic photograph. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Seated woman in hand-colored daguerreotype, gilt mat and case
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A seated woman, shown in a daguerreotype from around 1840, has been hand-colored, a finishing touch that was far from routine in the earliest years of photography. The daguerreotype process, announced in France in 1839, produced a single positive image on a silvered copper plate, and it was prized for its fine detail but had no natural color. Colorists often added tints to cheeks, lips and dress with powdered pigments or paint, which made portraits feel more lifelike to sitters and their families. The gilt mat and case that accompany the image were part of the object's presentation, protecting the fragile plate beneath glass and framing it as a keepsake.
| Created / published | 1840 |
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| Original scan | 4,936 × 6,123 px · prints to 16 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 510_Unidentified_woman_half_1840 |
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