Naser al-Din Shah, ca. 1855–58, Salted paper print from paper negative, Image: 19.5 x 13.5 cm (7 11/16 x 5 5/16 in.), Photographs, Possibly by Luigi Pesce (Italian, 1818–1891), This photograph demonstrates what the medium brought to the art of portraiture-a certain personal and candid quality. Here, although Nasir al-Din Shah (r. 1848-96) appears in a costume he wears in more formal portraits, the pose and expression adopted in this photograph are more relaxed
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Naser al-Din Shah, ca, 1855–58, Salted paper print, paper negative, Image, 19.5 x 13.5 cm, 7 11/16 5 5/16, Photographs, possibly, by Luigi Pesce, Italian, 1818–1891, photograph, demonstrates, medium, art, portraiture, certain personal, candid quality, although Nasir, al-Din, Shah, r, 1848-96, costume, wears, formal portraits, pose, expression adopted, relaxed
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