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Untitled (Portrait of William G. Worrell of Welch’s National Circus)

1855

Preserved through the daguerreotype's mirror-like surface, this portrait immortalizes a performer from one of America's traveling circuses during the medium's golden age.

Medium: Daguerreotype

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Unknown maker, Untitled (Portrait of William G. Worrell of Welch’s National Circus), 1855