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Unknown Artist — Standing boy with bottle curls

Unknown Artist

Standing boy with bottle curls

1853

Daguerreotype's mirror-like surface perfectly captures the elaborate ringlet hairstyle popular in mid-19th century childhood fashion, creating an intimate window into Victorian domestic photography.

Medium
daguerreotype, sixth plate

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Unknown Artist, Standing boy with bottle curls, 1853

Daguerreotype's mirror-like surface perfectly captures the elaborate ringlet hairstyle popular in mid-19th century childhood fashion, creating an intimate window into Victorian domestic photography.

Medium
daguerreotype, sixth plate
Year
1853
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Victorian, Monochrome, Historic, 19th Century, Photograph, Child Subject, Portrait, Black and White, Daguerreotype, Formal

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago