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[Unidentified man, three-quarters length portrait, standing in front of painted backdrop] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Unidentified man, three-quarters length portrait, standing in front of painted backdrop], [between 1858 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Unidentified man, three-quarters length portrait, standing in front of painted backdrop], [between 1858 and 1860]. Historic photograph from the Daguerreotypes & Early Photography collection.

(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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A brass mat stamped "Ball & Thomas, 120 W. 4th St., Cin., O." ties this portrait of an unidentified man to a Cincinnati studio of the 1850s. He stands three-quarters length before a painted backdrop, a common studio prop that suggested a room or landscape without the expense of building a set. The case is decorated with mixed flowers surrounded by scrolls, and a Rinhart hallmark identifies the maker of the case. The same sitter appears in another daguerreotype in the Library of Congress collection, so the two can be compared side by side.

Created / published[between 1858 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : quarter-plate daguerreotype.
GenreDaguerreotypes 1850-1860.Portrait photographs 1850-1860.
NotesCase: mixed flowers surrounded by scrolls. Stamped on brass mat: Ball & Thomas, 120 W 4th St. Cin. O. Hallmark: Rinhart 30. Same sitter as in DAG no. 1384. Barboza number: 6019.024. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,052 × 5,000 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi
Reference678_Unidentified_man_threeq_1858

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