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Unknown maker — Untitled (Portrait of a Man with a Pipe)

Unknown maker

Untitled (Portrait of a Man with a Pipe)

1855

Personal objects like pipes became visual storytelling devices in daguerreotype portraiture, helping to convey personality and social status in an era when photography was still a luxury.

Medium
Daguerreotype

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Unknown maker, Untitled (Portrait of a Man with a Pipe), 1855

Personal objects like pipes became visual storytelling devices in daguerreotype portraiture, helping to convey personality and social status in an era when photography was still a luxury.

Medium
Daguerreotype
Year
1855
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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Nineteenth Century, Monochrome, Contemplative, American, Early Photography, Pipe, Portrait, Male, Daguerreotype, Formal

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