[Still life with tree and two small, stuffed mammals] – Vintage Photo Print
![[Still life with tree and two small, stuffed mammals], [between 1840 and 1860] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/96/9639f8e8f5ae-L.webp)
(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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This rare historic photograph captures [Still life with tree and two small, stuffed mammals] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Still life with tree and two small, stuffed mammals]
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Two small stuffed mammals sit beside a tree in this staged arrangement, a subject that sets it apart from the portraits and street views that dominate early daguerreotype collections. Specimen still lifes suited the medium well: exposures in the 1840s ran to several minutes, so motionless taxidermy made an ideal subject, and natural history collectors valued the fine detail the process could capture. The plate is a sixth-plate, a small format often used for inexpensive, portable images. The record names no maker, so the picture is best read as a window onto mid-century interest in collecting and displaying natural specimens.
| Created / published | [between 1840 and 1860] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photograph : approximate sixth-plate daguerreotype. |
| Genre | Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.Still life photographs 1840-1860. |
| Notes | No case. Label adhered to seal: 64". Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1998; (DLC/PP-1998:151.19). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress)" |
| Subjects | Dead animals--1840-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,763 × 4,662 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 311_Still_life_with_tree_an_1840 |
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