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Unknown maker — Untitled (Portrait of a Nude Woman)

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Untitled (Portrait of a Nude Woman)

1855

Among the earliest examples of nude photography, this daguerreotype represents a rare and daring subject for the 1850s when moral conventions strictly limited such imagery.

Medium
Daguerreotype

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Unknown maker, Untitled (Portrait of a Nude Woman), 1855

Among the earliest examples of nude photography, this daguerreotype represents a rare and daring subject for the 1850s when moral conventions strictly limited such imagery.

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

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Nineteenth Century, Intimate, Monochrome, Photography, Photographic, Historical, Realistic, Portrait, Nude, Daguerreotype

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