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Copy of a painting of a – Historic Photo Reproduction

Copy of a painting of a, 1840 — historic photograph
Copy of a painting of a, 1840. 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 historic photograph of Copy of a painting of a brings a moment of history to your wall. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

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The record preserves only a fragment of the title, so the painting being copied is not identified here, but the medium itself tells much of the story. Daguerreotypes were introduced publicly in 1839, and by 1840 photographers were already turning their cameras on existing artwork, since a flat painting could be lit evenly and would hold still through a long exposure. Copies like this one show the new process being tested as a way to reproduce pictures without an engraver's hand. Worth noticing is the polished silver surface, which gives fine detail and shifts between positive and negative as the plate is tilted in the light.

Created / published1840
Original scan3,247 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference163_Copy_of_a_painting_of_a_1840

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