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Artist unknown — Untitled (Portrait of a Girl)

Artist unknown

Untitled (Portrait of a Girl)

1840

Among the earliest examples of tintype technology, this portrait reveals the medium's characteristic directness and accessibility that revolutionized photographic portraiture for the middle class.

Medium
Tintype

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Artist unknown, Untitled (Portrait of a Girl), 1840

Among the earliest examples of tintype technology, this portrait reveals the medium's characteristic directness and accessibility that revolutionized photographic portraiture for the middle class.

Medium
Tintype
Year
1840
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Victorian, Monochrome, American, Photograph, Historical, Young Girl, Portrait, Tintype, Formal

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