Daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified man in dark coat – Historic Photo Reproduction
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A window into the past: Daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified man in dark coat, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified man in dark coat
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Few details survive about the sitter, so this daguerreotype is valued less for who he was than for what it shows of the medium in its first decade. Made in 1844, it is a direct positive on a silvered copper plate, a process introduced in France in 1839 that produced a single, unrepeatable image. Portraits of this period required subjects to hold still for several minutes in strong light, which is why such sitters often look fixed and serious. The dark coat and the sharp tonal range typical of the plate show how early photographers worked to capture detail in dark clothing and fine features.
| Created / published | 1844 |
|---|---|
| Original scan | 3,181 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 385_Unidentified_man_about_1844 |
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