Daguerreotype portrait of a balding older man in a dark coat – Vintage Photo Print
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Daguerreotype portrait of a balding older man in a dark coat
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The record gives us little beyond a balding older man in a dark coat, so the most useful thing to say is what the 1851 date places him within. By that year the daguerreotype had been public for about twelve years, since its announcement in Paris in 1839, and it was the dominant portrait method in studios from Boston to London. Each plate was a unique mirror-like image on silvered copper, which makes the sitter's expression and the sheen of the plate worth looking at closely. Portraits from this period were often made in a few minutes of stillness, so the wear and seriousness on the face reflect a formal, deliberate sitting.
| Created / published | 1851 |
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| Original scan | 3,290 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 579_Daniel_Webster_headands_1851 |
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