Unidentified woman in bonnet, seated daguerreotype portrait – Vintage Photo Print
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Step back in time with Unidentified woman in bonnet, seated daguerreotype portrait, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Unidentified woman in bonnet, seated daguerreotype portrait
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A seated woman in a bonnet, sitting for a daguerreotype in about 1840, is one of the earliest kinds of photographic portrait people could sit for. The daguerreotype was introduced in 1839 and produced a single, mirror-like image on a silvered copper plate, so each one is unique and has no negative to reproduce it from. Because exposures then ran for minutes, sitters were held still with head braces and asked to keep a steady expression, which gives early portraits their stiff, formal look. The woman's identity is not recorded, but her bonnet and pose reflect the fashions and portrait conventions of the period.
| Created / published | 1840 |
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| Original scan | 3,299 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 528_Unidentified_woman_thre_1840 |
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