Minneapolis Institute of Art

Untitled [man with defective hand]

United States

Date: c. 1850
Medium: Sixth-plate daguerreotype, leather, velvet, metal, glass
Department: Arts of the Americas
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Art

This portrait of an elegantly attired man was created through a photographic process known as daguerreotype, which produces one-of-a-kind images on silver-plated copper sheets. With his left hand resting casually on a table at right, he places his other hand near the bottom edge of his glossy suit vest, revealing several missing digits. The directness of his gaze would seem to anticipate the viewer’s scrutiny and welcome it unflinchingly. United States, Americas

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