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Bearded man in dark suit and bow tie, daguerreotype portrait – Vintage Wall Art

Bearded man in dark suit and bow tie, daguerreotype portrait, 1840 — historic photograph
Bearded man in dark suit and bow tie, daguerreotype portrait, 1840. Historic photograph from the Daguerreotypes & Early Photography collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Bearded man in dark suit and bow tie, daguerreotype portrait, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

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Bearded man in dark suit and bow tie, daguerreotype portrait

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Few surviving portraits from 1840 show a sitter's face with the crispness of this daguerreotype, a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie. Daguerreotypes were made on silver-plated copper and were unique objects, so each one is a single original rather than a copy that could be reprinted. Introduced publicly in France in 1839, the process required sitters to hold still for minutes in bright light, which is why early portraits often show a fixed, serious expression. Viewed at the right angle, the plate reflects like a mirror, a quality that often surprises people encountering these images for the first time.

Created / published1840
Original scan3,270 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference446_Unidentified_man_headan_1840

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