Faint standing figure on a damaged early photographic plate – Vintage Wall Art
(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 Faint standing figure on a damaged early photographic plate. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Faint standing figure on a damaged early photographic plate
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Only a faint standing figure remains on this plate, its outline ghosted through a surface where damage has worn away much of the image. Daguerreotypes made in 1844 needed exposures lasting minutes in good light, so anyone who kept moving usually left no trace, while a person who stood still long enough could register. The silvered copper plates were also fragile and easily scratched, tarnished, or abraded, which is why many early images look as ghostly as this one.
| Created / published | 1844 |
|---|---|
| Original scan | 3,319 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 133_Crucifix_1844 |
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