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Unidentified photographer
Portrait of an actor
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
National Gallery of Canada, The Origins of Photography: The Matthew R. Isenburg and Enhanced Isenburg Collections 1840-1880
LL/11427
With his hair in ringlets this actor is dressed in Shakespeareian style costume, assuming a jaunty pose. Note the unusually heavy gold tinting to his costume as well as heavily added color. (Matt Isenburg)
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