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[Unidentified man with beard, half-length portrait, facing front] – Antique Photo Print

[Unidentified man with beard, half-length portrait, facing front], [ca. 1855] — historic photograph
[Unidentified man with beard, half-length portrait, facing front], [ca. 1855]. 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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[Unidentified man with beard, half-length portrait, facing front]

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The leather case is the first thing to notice: its corners carry a floral design, and the brass mat is stamped F. Grice, a mark that points to the maker or seller. Inside, a velvet pad printed with a geometric pattern cradles a sixth-plate daguerreotype of a bearded man, shown in half-length and facing the camera. Around 1855, portraits like this were sold as small, portable keepsakes, and the closed case protected the silvered plate from tarnish and scratches. The sitter is unidentified, so the portrait speaks mainly through its materials and its period.

Created / published[ca. 1855]
Medium1 photograph : sixth-plate daguerreotype.
GenreDaguerreotypes 1850-1860.Portraits 1850-1860.
NotesCase: Plain leather with floral design at corners. Stamped on brass mat: F. Grice. Barboza number: 6019.055. Velvet pad inside case is printed in geometric design. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,742 × 4,647 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-222337

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