Unidentified man headan – Vintage Wall Art
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Unidentified man headan. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Unidentified man headan
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Little is recorded about the sitter beyond the fact that he remains unidentified, but the plate is dated 1850, about a decade after Louis Daguerre introduced his process in Paris. Each daguerreotype is a single image fixed on a silver-coated copper plate, which is why it reflects like a mirror and must be tilted to be seen clearly. Sitters of the period often had to hold still for minutes in strong light, sometimes steadied by a hidden head brace. Such portraits were usually kept in small protective cases, so many survive through family keeping rather than through any written record of who was pictured.
| Created / published | 1850 |
|---|---|
| Original scan | 3,272 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 665_Unidentified_man_headan_1850 |
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