Daguerreotype portrait of a bearded man in an ornate case – Historic Photo Reproduction
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Description
Step back in time with Daguerreotype portrait of a bearded man in an ornate case, a historic image rich in period detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Daguerreotype portrait of a bearded man in an ornate case
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What sets this daguerreotype apart is its sitter's full beard, shown inside an ornate case, which makes the Lincoln attribution worth a closer look. The board files it under Abraham Lincoln, but the record does not name the man pictured. Lincoln was clean-shaven through most of his early public life and grew his beard in late 1860, by which time daguerreotypes had largely given way to paper prints and glass-plate processes. Hinged cases like this one were common in the 1840s and 1850s, when the process was new and prized, so the object itself is worth noticing.
| Original scan | 2,634 × 3,474 px · prints to 9 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | L-P-30 |
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