Portrait of a Yeoman

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Portrait of a Yeoman

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Cornelius Jabez Hughes

British Photographer · 1819–1884

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Daguerreotypist

An early student of phrenology and related pseudo-scientific subjects, Cornelius Jabez Hughes was an assistant to John Jabez Edwin Mayall in London. After 1847 he moved to Glasgow, where he opened his own successful studio. He became active in the Glasgow Photographic Society in the early 1850s; in 1855 he returned to London and bought Mayall's studio. Hughes later built the Regina House Studio in

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Date: about 1853
Medium: Hand-colored daguerreotype
Culture: British
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

A nervous pride is inscribed on the face of this non-commissioned officer, who wears the new uniform adopted for the Scottish Lanarkshire Yeomanry regiment in 1852. The daguerreotypist positioned him at an angle to the camera in a three-quarter seated pose, his torso slightly twisted, so as to reveal as much of his costume as possible. With no visible means of back support, the man held himself perfectly erect for the long exposure in a proud, soldierly manner.

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