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Art Institute of Chicago

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Unknown maker — Untitled (Portrait of a Man and a Woman)

Unknown maker

Untitled (Portrait of a Man and a Woman)

1851

Among the earliest examples of daguerreotype portraiture, the silvered copper plate creates luminous detail characteristic of Louis Daguerre's revolutionary photographic process.

Medium
Daguerreotype

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