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Daguerreotype head and shoulders portrait of a man in profile – Vintage Photo Print

Daguerreotype head and shoulders portrait of a man in profile, 1844 — historic photograph
Daguerreotype head and shoulders portrait of a man in profile, 1844. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Daguerreotype head and shoulders portrait of a man in profile. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.

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Daguerreotype head and shoulders portrait of a man in profile

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A profile portrait is an unusual choice for an early daguerreotype, since the sitter had to hold still for several minutes in strong light and most studio portraits of 1844 faced the camera squarely. Here the man is turned sideways, his head and shoulders caught in the silvered copper plate's sharp, mirror-like detail. Daguerreotypes of this period were one-of-a-kind images, so this plate exists as a single object rather than a print that could be copied. Look closely at the fine gradations of tone in the face and collar, which show how much detail the process could hold.

Created / published1844
Original scan3,289 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference179_Edwin_Forrest_headandsh_1844

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