Unidentified man about – Vintage Wall Art
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Description
Unidentified man about comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Unidentified man about
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A portrait of an unidentified man, made in 1844, belongs to the earliest years of photography, when the daguerreotype was just a few years old. Daguerreotypes were positive images on polished silver-coated copper plates, and each one was a unique object rather than a print that could be copied. Sitters in this period often had to hold still for several minutes in bright light, which explains the serious, unsmiling expressions common to portraits of the era. Because the sitter is unnamed, the picture is valued mainly for its clothing, pose and the way it records how ordinary people chose to present themselves at the very start of the medium.
| Created / published | 1844 |
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| Original scan | 3,296 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 387_Unidentified_man_about_1844 |
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