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Cleveland Museum of Art

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Unknown Artist — Workman in Red Flannel Shirt and Suspenders

Unknown Artist

Workman in Red Flannel Shirt and Suspenders

1855

Exemplifying working-class portraiture in early American photography, this hand-colored daguerreotype dignifies manual labor while demonstrating the democratic potential of the new photographic medium.

Medium
daguerreotype with hand-applied color

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