[Man, in suit, with hand on chin] – Historic Reproduction
![[Man, in suit, with hand on chin], [1906?] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a9/a9d02750e461-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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Step back in time with [Man, in suit, with hand on chin], a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Man, in suit, with hand on chin]
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A man in a suit rests his hand against his chin, a pose that photographers of the early 1900s often used to suggest thought or quiet dignity. The record gives no name for the sitter and only a tentative date of about 1906, so the picture is best read as a portrait of a type rather than of a known individual. Its printing-out paper, which darkened in daylight rather than being developed in a darkroom, was a common choice for studio and amateur portraits of the period. The careful lighting and composed stance reflect the conventions of portrait studios of the time, when a sitter's bearing was meant to convey respectability and self-possession.
| Created / published | [1906?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : silver printing-out paper. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1900-1910.Silver printing-out paper prints 1900-1910. |
| Subjects | Men--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,747 × 4,667 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221624 |
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