Man in profile, early daguerreotype portrait – Historic Photo Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Man in profile, early daguerreotype portrait. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Man in profile, early daguerreotype portrait
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A profile portrait is an unusual choice for an 1844 daguerreotype, since sitters of the period were usually posed facing the lens for the long exposures the process demanded. The sitter's face turned sideways gives the plate a sculptural, almost medallion-like quality, with the edge of the head and shoulder standing out sharply against the background. Daguerreotypes of this era were made on silvered copper plates, so the image is a single unique positive that reflects light and shifts with the viewing angle. The sitter's name is not recorded here, but the plate reflects the rapid spread of photographic portraiture in the early 1840s, when the process was still new and studios were just beginning to experiment with pose and lighting.
| Created / published | 1844 |
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| Original scan | 1,096 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 465_Unidentified_man_headan_1844 |
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