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Jeremiah Gurney — Untitled (Portrait of Standing Boy)

Jeremiah Gurney

Untitled (Portrait of Standing Boy)

1857

Formal studio portraiture reaches its peak in this daguerreotype, where careful lighting and composition create a dignified record of childhood in the 1850s.

Medium
Daguerreotype

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Jeremiah Gurney, Untitled (Portrait of Standing Boy), 1857

Formal studio portraiture reaches its peak in this daguerreotype, where careful lighting and composition create a dignified record of childhood in the 1850s.

Medium
Daguerreotype
Year
1857
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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Nineteenth Century, American, Portrait, Boy, Black and White, Daguerreotype, Formal

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