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

Unknown maker

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

1855

Crowned with the era's symbol of respectability, this portrait embodies the daguerreotype's function as a marker of social achievement and prosperity.

Medium
Daguerreotype

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Unknown maker, Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Man with a Top Hat), 1855

Crowned with the era's symbol of respectability, this portrait embodies the daguerreotype's function as a marker of social achievement and prosperity.

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

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Monochrome, 19th Century, American, Photograph, Historical, Man, Portrait, Figurative, Daguerreotype, Formal

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