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Mathew B. Brady — Untitled (Portrait of Man)

Mathew B. Brady

Untitled (Portrait of Man)

1846

Captured during photography's early era, this daguerreotype demonstrates Brady's mastery of the medium's precise detail and silvery luminosity in formal portraiture.

Medium
Daguerreotype

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Mathew B. Brady, Untitled (Portrait of Man), 1846

Captured during photography's early era, this daguerreotype demonstrates Brady's mastery of the medium's precise detail and silvery luminosity in formal portraiture.

Medium
Daguerreotype
Year
1846
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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Nineteenth Century, Monochrome, Documentary, American, Photograph, Classical, Historical, Portrait, Black and White, Daguerreotype

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