Daguerreotype portrait of a seated figure in ornate case – Historic Photo Reproduction
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Description
This rare historic photograph captures Daguerreotype portrait of a seated figure in ornate case in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Daguerreotype portrait of a seated figure in ornate case
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Few details survive about the sitter of this 1850 daguerreotype, but the object itself tells much of the story. The image is a direct positive on a silvered copper plate, sealed behind glass and set in a decorative case, the way such portraits were usually kept and handled. By 1850 the daguerreotype had been public for about a decade and was the most popular portrait process in America and Europe, prized for its sharp detail and mirror-like surface. Viewers often had to tilt the plate to find the image, so the sitter appears only when light and angle allow it.
| Created / published | 1850 |
|---|---|
| Original scan | 3,258 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 704_Unidentified_woman_thre_1850 |
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