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Oliver H. Willard — Young Man in Athletic Outfit

Oliver H. Willard

Young Man in Athletic Outfit

1857

Early American photography meets athletic portraiture in this salted paper print, documenting both sporting culture and photographic experimentation in the 1850s.

Medium
salted paper print from wet collodion negative

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Oliver H. Willard, Young Man in Athletic Outfit, 1857

Early American photography meets athletic portraiture in this salted paper print, documenting both sporting culture and photographic experimentation in the 1850s.

Medium
salted paper print from wet collodion negative
Year
1857
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Monochrome, Figure Study, Documentary, 19th Century, American, Classical, Posed, Portrait, Neoclassical, Salted Paper Print

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Cleveland Museum of Art