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[Unidentified man and woman, full-length portrait, seated] – Vintage Photo Print

[Unidentified man and woman, full-length portrait, seated], [ca. 1855] — historic photograph
[Unidentified man and woman, full-length portrait, seated], [ca. 1855]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures [Unidentified man and woman, full-length portrait, seated] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Unidentified man and woman, full-length portrait, seated]

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Relatively few daguerreotypes from this period show a couple seated full-length, since early exposures demanded long stillness and studios often framed sitters from the waist up. Here a man and a woman sit together within a floral-patterned frame, and the brass mat bears the stamp "F. Grice," which suggests the maker of the mount rather than the photographer. Dated around 1855, the plate belongs to the decade when daguerreotypes were a popular portrait format in America, and its half-plate size and full-body pose show how much sitters valued a prominent, formal record of themselves. The Library of Congress acquired it in 1999, and the sitters remain unidentified.

Created / published[ca. 1855]
Medium1 photograph : half-plate daguerreotype.
GenreDaguerreotypes 1850-1860.Group portraits 1850-1860.Portrait photographs 1850-1860.
NotesIn frame with floral design. Stamped on brass mat: F. Grice. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,737 × 4,667 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-222341

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