Daguerreotype portrait of a man in a high collar – Vintage Wall Art
(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 Daguerreotype portrait of a man in a high collar. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. 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.
Daguerreotype portrait of a man in a high collar
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Few details survive about the sitter in this 1844 daguerreotype beyond what the image itself shows: a man in a high, stiff collar, the formal dress of the period. What it does reveal is how the process worked. Daguerreotypes were made on a silvered copper plate, sensitized with iodine and mercury-developed, and each one is a unique mirror-like image rather than a print that could be copied from a negative. Exposures in the early 1840s often ran for several minutes, so sitters had to hold still, which accounts for the serious expressions common in portraits of the era. Its date places it in the first years of photography's public life, when the medium was still new enough to feel like a small marvel.
| Created / published | 1844 |
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| Original scan | 3,276 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 368_Unidentified_man_about_1844 |
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