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Unknown maker — Untitled (Portrait of a Boy)

Unknown maker

Untitled (Portrait of a Boy)

1850

Individual child portraiture demonstrates the daguerreotype's capacity for psychological depth, capturing personality through pose and expression despite the medium's technical limitations.

Medium
Daguerreotype

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Unknown maker, Untitled (Portrait of a Boy), 1850

Individual child portraiture demonstrates the daguerreotype's capacity for psychological depth, capturing personality through pose and expression despite the medium's technical limitations.

Medium
Daguerreotype
Year
1850
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Monochrome, 19th Century, American, Photograph, Early Photography, Historical, Portrait, Boy, Daguerreotype, Formal

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