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Portrait of a man

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57834035


Item data

Title

Portrait of a man

Collection

Specimens of the Earliest Photographic Experiments of Fox Talbot and the French School of Daguerre from the possession of Hippolyte Louis Fizeau

Names

Claudet, A. (Antoine), 1797-1867 (Attributed name)
Fizeau, H. (Hippolyte), 1819-1896 (Collector)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1848 (Approximate)

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 106PH1348.006

Genres

Photographs

Notes

Acquisition: Transferred from the New York Public Library Rare Books Division

Physical Description

Salted paper prints
Calotypes
Extent: Salted paper print from a paper negative (calotype); Image: 8 5/16 × 6 1/2 in. (21.1 × 16.5 cm), Paper / Sheet: 8 15/16 × 7 3/8 in. (22.7 × 18.7 cm)

Abstract

"Set of 17 photos on paper by W.H.F. Talbot" (Goldschmidt, 1936). See also 106PH1349.

Identifiers

TMS ID: 413941
TMS Object Number: 106PH1348.006
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 12958d80-1c12-0137-3c06-7b823576b143

Rights

The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Portrait of a man" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1848. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/12958d80-1c12-0137-3c06-7b823576b143

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1848). Portrait of a man Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/12958d80-1c12-0137-3c06-7b823576b143

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Portrait of a man" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/12958d80-1c12-0137-3c06-7b823576b143

Wikipedia citation

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