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Halflength portrait of a man in dark coat and white bib – Vintage Wall Art

Halflength portrait of a man in dark coat and white bib, 1844 — historic photograph
Halflength portrait of a man in dark coat and white bib, 1844. Historic photograph from the Daguerreotypes & Early Photography collection.

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Halflength portrait of a man in dark coat and white bib

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A half-length portrait of a man in a dark coat and white bib collar, dating to 1844, places this plate among the earliest years of commercial portraiture in the daguerreotype process. Made only five years after Louis Daguerre announced his method in Paris in 1839, the image would have required a sitter to hold still for several minutes in strong light, often with head braces hidden behind the chair. The silvered copper surface gives the face and fabric a mirror-like sheen that shifts with the viewing angle, and the sharp detail in the clothing shows how quickly the medium had matured. Portraits from this period were typically sealed under glass in small cases, so the surviving plate often reveals as much about its owner's care as about the sitter's appearance.

Created / published1844
Original scan1,210 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference104_Howell_Cobb_halflength_1844

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