Portrait of a man with curly hair in dark coat – Historic Photo Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This historic photograph of Portrait of a man with curly hair in dark coat brings a moment of history to your wall. 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 conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Portrait of a man with curly hair in dark coat
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A sitter with tightly curled hair and a dark coat gives this 1851 daguerreotype its quiet character, with little beyond his appearance to tell us who he was. The daguerreotype process, announced in 1839, produced a single positive image on a silver-coated copper plate, and by the early 1850s studio portraits like this one had become a common way for ordinary people to sit for a likeness. Exposures ran from several seconds to minutes, so sitters were held still by head braces and posed under strong light from skylights. Its mirror-like surface also means the image shifts with the angle of view, a reminder of how the medium was prized and handled.
| Created / published | 1851 |
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| Original scan | 3,190 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 589_George_Cunnabell_Howard_1851 |
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