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Half-length portrait of a man in dark coat and cravat – Antique Photo Print

Half-length portrait of a man in dark coat and cravat, 1844 — historic photograph
Half-length portrait of a man in dark coat and cravat, 1844. Historic photograph from the Daguerreotypes & Early Photography collection.

(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 Half-length portrait of a man in dark coat and cravat in remarkable detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

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Half-length portrait of a man in dark coat and cravat

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A half-length portrait from 1844 shows a man in a dark coat and cravat, a pose and dress typical of the sitters who first sat for daguerreotypes in the years after the process was announced in 1839. The record does not name the sitter or the studio, so the particulars of who he was remain unknown. What the image does show is the early daguerreotype's remarkable sharpness and tonal range, with fine detail in the fabric of the coat and the folds of the cravat. Because exposures then ran for several minutes, sitters had to hold still, which gives portraits of this period their famously serious, composed expressions.

Created / published1844
Original scan1,222 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference290_Pierre_Souleacute_halfl_1844

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