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Unknown Artist — Statue of a Youth in Large Hat (from a John R. Johnston album)

Unknown Artist

Statue of a Youth in Large Hat (from a John R. Johnston album)

1857

Early wet collodion process captures an enigmatic figure whose oversized hat creates dramatic silhouette, exemplifying the experimental portraiture emerging in photography's first golden decade.

Medium
salted paper print from wet collodion negative

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Unknown Artist, Statue of a Youth in Large Hat (from a John R. Johnston album), 1857

Early wet collodion process captures an enigmatic figure whose oversized hat creates dramatic silhouette, exemplifying the experimental portraiture emerging in photography's first golden decade.

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

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Monochrome, Figure Study, Documentary, Classical, Photographic, Portrait, Salted Paper Print, Figurative, Black and White

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago