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Art Institute of Chicago

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Unknown maker — Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Man Wearing a Top Hat)

Unknown maker

Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Man Wearing a Top Hat)

1848

From the daguerreotype's earliest years, this formal portrait established visual conventions for dignified self-representation that would endure for decades.

Medium
Daguerreotype

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