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Unknown maker — Untitled (Portrait of man Holding a Girl)

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Untitled (Portrait of man Holding a Girl)

1852

A tender scene of paternal care unfolds in this daguerreotype, where a father holds his young daughter in an intimate pose that reveals the medium's power to preserve fleeting family moments.

Medium
Daguerreotype

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Unknown maker, Untitled (Portrait of man Holding a Girl), 1852

A tender scene of paternal care unfolds in this daguerreotype, where a father holds his young daughter in an intimate pose that reveals the medium's power to preserve fleeting family moments.

Medium
Daguerreotype
Year
1852
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Family, Monochrome, Documentary, Historical, Child, Portrait, Figurative, Black and White, Daguerreotype

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