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[Unidentified couple, the man with right arm around the woman's shoulder] – Vintage Wall Art

[Unidentified couple, the man with right arm around the woman's shoulder], [ca. 1862] — historic photograph
[Unidentified couple, the man with right arm around the woman's shoulder], [ca. 1862]. Historic photograph from the Daguerreotypes & Early Photography collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few details set this sixth-plate daguerreotype apart as clearly as its hand-applied color and the mixed flower design on its case. The brass mat is stamped J. P. Ball, 30 W 4th St, and that studio address is the basis for dating the picture to about 1862. The sitters are unidentified, but the man's right arm resting around the woman's shoulder reflects the relaxed, companionable couple portraits popular in the early 1860s. Light hand-coloring on cheeks and clothing added warmth to an otherwise silver-and-gray image.

Created / published[ca. 1862]
Medium1 photograph : sixth-plate daguerreotype, hand-colored.
GenreDaguerreotypes 1860-1870.Group portraits 1860-1870.
NotesCase: mixed flowers. Barboza number: 6019.031. Stamped on brass mat: J. P. Ball, 30 W 4th St. Date based upon address of photographer. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,707 × 4,666 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi
Reference730_Unidentified_couple_the_1862

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