[Unidentified man and woman, three-quarters length portrait, seated] – Historic Photograph Print
![[Unidentified man and woman, three-quarters length portrait, seated], [between 1847 and 1860] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/96/966eb6e33a0e-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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[Unidentified man and woman, three-quarters length portrait, seated]
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A brass mat stamped with the name J. P. Ball of Cincinnati frames this quarter-plate portrait of an unidentified man and woman seated side by side. Daguerreotypes like this were usually sealed under glass in a hinged case, and this one's case is decorated with flowers surrounded by scrolls. Because the image is a direct positive on polished silver, it shifts between positive and negative as the viewer tilts it, so the sitters seem to change with each angle. The picture dates from between 1847 and 1860, a period when the daguerreotype was the leading portrait process in America.
| Created / published | [between 1847 and 1860] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photograph : quarter-plate daguerreotype. |
| Genre | Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.Group portraits 1840-1860.Portrait photographs 1840-1860. |
| Notes | Case: flowers surrounded by scrolls. Barboza number: 6019.022. Stamped on brass mat: J. P. Ball, Cincinnati. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,999 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 350_Unidentified_man_and_wo_1847 |
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