Seated woman in ruffled dress, daguerreotype portrait – Antique Photo Print
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This historic photograph of Seated woman in ruffled dress, daguerreotype portrait brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Seated woman in ruffled dress, daguerreotype portrait
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A seated woman in a ruffled dress, captured on a daguerreotype dated 1850, shows how portraiture had changed within barely a decade of the process being made public in 1839. Daguerreotypes were made on silvered copper plates, so each image is a single positive that reflects light and shifts with the viewer's angle, which is why the surface can look mirror-like. Exposures often ran for several seconds or longer, so sitters were held still with head braces and steady posture. The ruffles and seated pose point to the fashions and studio conventions of the early 1850s, when such portraits were prized as keepsakes for families of modest and middling means.
| Created / published | 1850 |
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| Original scan | 3,288 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 147_Ann_Minerva_Nannie_Rodg_1850 |
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