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Showing posts with label 1840's fashion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1840's fashion. Show all posts
Saturday, April 27, 2019
Daguerreotype Self-Portrait of a Man Believed to be John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1844)
Daguerreotype self-portrait of a man believed to be John Jabez Edwin Mayall, c. 1844.
Source: Library of Congress.
Sunday, January 27, 2019
Daguerreotype View of a Crowd in St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City Taken By An Unidentified Italian Photographer in Rome, The Papal States (1845)
Daguerreotype view of a crowd in St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City taken by an unidentified Italian photographer in Rome, the Papal States, c. 1845. One of the earliest photographs of Vatican City.
Source: The J. Paul Getty Museum.
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Portrait of an Unidentified Soldier Taken by Welsh Photographer Calvert Richard Jones (1840's)
Portrait of an unidentified soldier by Welsh photographer Calvert Richard Jones, c. 1845-1850.
Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Monday, October 29, 2018
Daguerreotype Portrait of 11-Year-Old Elihu Vedder Dressed As a Schoolboy (1847)
Daguerreotype portrait of 11-year-old Elihu Vedder dressed as a schoolboy, c. 1847. He would go on to be a noted American symbolist painter, book illustrator, and poet.
Source: Archives of American Art.
Saturday, March 24, 2018
Daguerreotype View of a House at the Corner of Chestnut Street and Strawberry Alley in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1845)
Daguerreotype view of a house at the corner of Chestnut Street and Strawberry Alley in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, c. 1845. By William Young McAllister.
Source: Library of Congress.
Saturday, March 3, 2018
Painting of a Lost Daguerreotype of Lieutenant Ulysses S. Grant Probably Taken at Camp Salubrity in Louisiana (1845)
Painting of a lost daguerreotype of Lieutenant Ulysses S. Grant probably taken at Camp Salubrity in Louisiana, 1845. By artist T. V. Chominski. From McClure's Magazine.
Sunday, February 11, 2018
Daguerreotype Portrait of An Unidentified Man By James P. Weston (1848)
Daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified man by James P. Weston, c. 1848.
Source: Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Friday, September 22, 2017
Daguerreotype Portrait of an Unidentified Man by Ball and Thomas of Cincinnati, Ohio (1840's/1850's)
Daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified man by Ball and Thomas of Cincinnati, Ohio, c. 1840's/1850's.
Source: Library of Congress.
Saturday, August 12, 2017
Copy Negative of a Daguerreotype Portrait of Two Unidentified Women (1840′s/1850′s)
Copy negative of a daguerreotype portrait of two unidentified women, c. 1840′s/1850′s. Copy negative probably taken by Washington, D.C., photographer C.M. Bell in the late 1800's. Originally titled "Anderson."
Source: Library of Congress.
Saturday, July 15, 2017
Copy Negative of a Daguerreotype Portrait of a Woman Identified as Mrs. Clagett (1840′s/1850′s)
Copy negative of a daguerreotype portrait of a woman identified as Mrs. Clagett, c. 1840′s/1850′s. Copy negative taken by Washington, D.C., photographer C.M. Bell in the 1890′s.
Source: Library of Congress.
Monday, July 10, 2017
Obscured Daguerreotype Portrait of a Stage Actress Only Identified as Augusta Wearing a Costume (1840′s/1850′s)
Obscured daguerreotype portrait of an actress only identified as Augusta wearing a costume, c. 1840′s/1850′s. By Mathew Brady.
Source: Library of Congress.
Sunday, July 2, 2017
Daguerreotype Portrait of Stage Actor Edwin Booth (1840′s/1850′s)
Daguerreotype portrait of stage actor Edwin Booth, c. 1840′s/1850′s.
Source: New York Public Library.
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Daguerreotype Portrait of Adolphina Juliana Lisman-Meyer Said To Possibly Be Taken in Paramaribo, Suriname (1849)
Daguerreotype portrait of Adolphina Juliana Lisman-Meyer said to possibly be taken in Paramaribo, Suriname, c. 1849.
Source: Rijksmuseum.
Friday, May 26, 2017
Daguerreotype Portrait of a Man Named Tsow Chaoong Posing with a Daguerreotype and Fan (1847)
Daguerreotype portrait of a man named Tsow Chaoong posing with a daguerreotype and fan, 1847.
Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Daguerreotype Portrait of an Unidentified Man From India (1840′s/1850′s)
Daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified man from India or South Asia, c. 1840′s/1850′s.
Source: Rijksmuseum.
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Portrait of French President and Emperor Napoleon III (1840′s/1850′s)
Portrait of French president and emperor Napoleon III, c. 1840′s/1850′s. Attributed to Mathew Brady. Possibly originally a daguerreotype.
Source.
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Daguerreotype Portrait of Elisa and John McAllister (1849)
Daguerreotype portrait of Elisa (left) and John McAllister, July 23, 1849. By the Langenheim brothers.
Source.
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