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LL/11427
Unidentified photographer
1850 (ca)
Portrait of an actor

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
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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