Daguerreotype portrait of a man with spectacles in oval mat – Antique Photo Print
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Daguerreotype portrait of a man with spectacles in oval mat. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Daguerreotype portrait of a man with spectacles in oval mat
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Few early photographic portraits carry the sitter's own presence as directly as this one: a man wearing spectacles, framed inside an oval mat in the manner favored by daguerreotypists of the early 1850s. Made in 1851, it belongs to the first decade after Louis Daguerre's process was publicly announced in 1839, when the daguerreotype was the leading way to capture a likeness and studios across the United States and Europe were turning out portraits by the thousands. Its mirror-like silver surface shows best when tilted, and the spectacles, a common sight in the period, give the portrait a studied, reflective air.
| Created / published | 1851 |
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| Original scan | 4,126 × 5,152 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 722_William_Young_McAlliste_1851 |
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