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Unknown maker — Untitled (Portrait of Three Girls)

Unknown maker

Untitled (Portrait of Three Girls)

1850

Three sisters pose in matching dark dresses typical of early daguerreotype portraiture, when the medium was still rare and expensive enough to mark special occasions and family milestones.

Medium
Daguerreotype

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Unknown maker, Untitled (Portrait of Three Girls), 1850

Three sisters pose in matching dark dresses typical of early daguerreotype portraiture, when the medium was still rare and expensive enough to mark special occasions and family milestones.

Medium
Daguerreotype
Year
1850
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Vintage, Photography, 19th Century, American, Girls, Three Figures, Portrait, Black and White, Daguerreotype, Formal

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