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Unidentified woman in lace shawl, daguerreotype – Historic Photo Reproduction

Unidentified woman in lace shawl, daguerreotype, 1844 — historic photograph
Unidentified woman in lace shawl, daguerreotype, 1844. 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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Step back in time with Unidentified woman in lace shawl, daguerreotype, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

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Unidentified woman in lace shawl, daguerreotype

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A quiet portrait of an unnamed woman draped in a lace shawl, captured on a daguerreotype dated 1844, a process that had only been announced to the public in 1839. Each daguerreotype is a single positive image on a polished silver-coated copper plate, so the picture seems to shift between a positive and a mirror as the light changes. Because the sitter is unidentified, the lace, the pose, and the cased presentation become the main clues to her station and taste. Portraits like this were often made for family keepsakes, and the long exposures of the era meant sitters had to hold still for several seconds or more.

Created / published1844
Original scan3,260 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference505_Unidentified_woman_abou_1844

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