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[F.H. Day in a sailor suit, smoking a Russian cigar] – Vintage Print

[F.H. Day in a sailor suit, smoking a Russian cigar], 1913 — historic photograph
[F.H. Day in a sailor suit, smoking a Russian cigar], 1913. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. 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: [F.H. Day in a sailor suit, smoking a Russian cigar], preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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In this platinum print, Fred Holland Day, the Boston photographer and publisher, poses in a sailor suit with a Russian cigar, a playful costume that fits his theatrical approach to portraiture. Day was a leading figure in the American pictorialist movement and a close associate of the Photo-Secession circle, and he often staged his subjects and himself in deliberate, symbolic scenes. The catalog record lists Clarence White as a possible maker, though the attribution is not certain. Platinum paper, prized by pictorialists for its soft, subtle tonal range, gives the image its quiet, velvety finish.

Created / published1913
Medium1 photographic print : platinum.
GenrePortrait photographs 1910-1920.Platinum prints 1910-1920.
NotesPossibly by Clarence White. Gift; 1934 (DLC/PP-1934:33).
SubjectsDay, F. Holland (Fred Holland),--1864-1933.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,230 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-129138

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