Elderly man portrait, daguerreotype, unidentified sitter – Historic Photo Reproduction
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Elderly man portrait, daguerreotype, unidentified sitter comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Elderly man portrait, daguerreotype, unidentified sitter
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A sitter whose name has been lost to time gives this 1855 daguerreotype its quiet mystery. The plate shows an elderly man, and its mirror-bright silver surface is typical of the process that dominated portraiture for roughly two decades after Louis Daguerre introduced it in 1839. By 1855 daguerreotypes were usually made in studios, where exposures of several seconds or more required sitters to hold still, often with the help of head braces hidden beyond the frame. Because each plate is a unique object rather than a print from a negative, this one is a direct record of a single afternoon sitting, and the lined face and careful expression reflect the mid-century taste for dignified, unembellished portraits.
| Created / published | 1855 |
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| Original scan | 3,285 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 655_Unidentified_man_about_1855 |
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