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[Unidentified man, three-quarters length, seated, with arm resting on table with tablecloth] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Unidentified man, three-quarters length, seated, with arm resting on table with tablecloth], 1854 Apr. 24. — historic photograph
[Unidentified man, three-quarters length, seated, with arm resting on table with tablecloth], 1854 Apr. 24.. 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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[Unidentified man, three-quarters length, seated, with arm resting on table with tablecloth]

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A stereoscopic daguerreotype from April 24, 1854, shows a man seated in three-quarter length, his arm resting on a draped table. Stereo pairs like this were made to be viewed through a hand-held viewer, which fused two slightly offset images into a single three-dimensional scene. Daguerreotypes of this period were unique positives on silvered copper, so each plate is an original rather than a copy, and the inscription on the back dates it to that day. The sitter remains unidentified, but the pose and props reflect the conventions of mid-1850s studio portraiture.

Created / published1854 Apr. 24.
Medium1 photograph : stereoscopic daguerreotype.
GenreDaguerreotypes 1850-1860.Stereographs 1850-1860.Portrait photographs 1850-1860.
NotesWritten on back: April 24, 1854. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:105). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress)
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,576 × 3,699 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi
Reference680_Unidentified_man_threeq_1854

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