Unknown Artist

Portrait of Man Leaning Away from Camera

1840

Dating to daguerreotypy's first decade, this early portrait reveals the medium's initial technical limitations while capturing a moment of candid, almost modern spontaneity.

Medium: daguerreotype, quarter plate

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Art Institute of Chicago

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