Portrait of an unidentified man with curly hair and cravat – Historic Photo Reproduction
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Portrait of an unidentified man with curly hair and cravat. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Portrait of an unidentified man with curly hair and cravat
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A portrait of an unidentified man with curly hair and a cravat, dated 1844, which places it among the earliest years of commercial portrait photography. Daguerreotypes like this one were made on a silvered copper plate, giving a sharp, mirror-like image that is easily disturbed by tilting it to the light. Sitters of this period often had to hold still for many seconds, and the cravat, a loosely tied neckcloth, was a fashionable detail that signaled a man's taste and social standing. Because the sitter is unnamed, the picture rests on its clothing, pose and hairstyle to tell its story.
| Created / published | 1844 |
|---|---|
| Original scan | 3,311 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 369_Unidentified_man_about_1844 |
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