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[Unidentified man, possibly Hosea Curtice, seated in chair, facing front] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Unidentified man, possibly Hosea Curtice, seated in chair, facing front], [between 1849 and 1859] — historic photograph
[Unidentified man, possibly Hosea Curtice, seated in chair, facing front], [between 1849 and 1859]. Historic photograph from the Daguerreotypes & Early Photography collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures [Unidentified man, possibly Hosea Curtice, seated in chair, facing front] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Unidentified man, possibly Hosea Curtice, seated in chair, facing front]

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What sets this picture apart is the small brass mat stamped with the name of a studio in Auburn, a city in central New York, along with a paper note tying the sitter to Hosea Curtice. The note is a useful lead, though the sitter is still unidentified, so the attribution remains a possibility rather than a settled fact. The plate dates from between 1849 and 1859, when the daguerreotype was the most popular portrait process. Sitters of that era often had to hold still for many seconds, which accounts for the formal, unsmiling expressions common in portraits like this one.

Created / published[between 1849 and 1859]
Medium1 photograph : sixth-plate daguerreotype.
SubjectsNo electronic surrogate available. Case: back only--Rinhart 144. Stamped on brass mat: Senter, Auburn. Paper note with daguerreotype: Hosea Curtice." Transfer
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,942 × 6,066 px · prints to 16 × 20 in at 300 dpi
Reference469_Unidentified_man_possib_1849

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