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Unknown maker — Untitled (Portrait of a Standing Man with a Sextant)

Unknown maker

Untitled (Portrait of a Standing Man with a Sextant)

1865

Professional maritime tools define this mariner's identity in an ambrotype that showcases the era's fascination with occupational portraiture.

Medium
Ambrotype

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Unknown maker, Untitled (Portrait of a Standing Man with a Sextant), 1865

Professional maritime tools define this mariner's identity in an ambrotype that showcases the era's fascination with occupational portraiture.

Medium
Ambrotype
Year
1865
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Vintage, Monochrome, Ambrotype, Documentary, American, Photograph, Portrait, Male Figure, Formal

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