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Half-length portrait of an older man in a daguerreotype – Historic Photograph Print

Half-length portrait of an older man in a daguerreotype, 1844 — historic photograph
Half-length portrait of an older man in a daguerreotype, 1844. Historic photograph from the Daguerreotypes & Early Photography collection.

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Half-length portrait of an older man in a daguerreotype

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The record gives us little beyond the title, date and board, so the most useful thing to say is what this half-length portrait of an older man from 1844 represents. Daguerreotypes were the first commercially practical photographic process, announced in France in 1839, and by the mid-1840s portrait studios had spread through Europe and the United States. A sitter in this period had to hold still for several seconds or longer in bright light, which is one reason early portraits often show a stern or composed expression. Each daguerreotype is a single, unique image on a silvered copper plate, so the surface can look mirror-like and changes with the angle of light.

Created / published1844
Original scan3,287 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference434_Unidentified_man_halfle_1844

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