[Man Calming a Young Boy Posing before the Camera], ca. 1850, Daguerreotype, Image: 2 7/8 × 2 3/8 in. (7.3 × 6 cm), Photographs, Unknown (French), The mass appeal of the daguerreotype portrait lay in the medium’s ability to capture and preserve a loved one’s likeness, and perhaps even personality, for posterity. The fleeting nature of childhood brought parents to the photographer’s studio to record key phases in their child’s development
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