| Credit: | unknown photographer |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1841 |
| Negative Size: | 2.75 in. x 3.25 in. |
| Persons: | Douglass (Frederick) |
| Sources: | Private collection |
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File Details: AYCDm, 220 DPI, TIFF, Original Photograph, .4 Mb
Image ID: AYCD
National Portrait Gallery says: In this first known photographic image of Douglass, taken only one year after the first commercial daguerreotype studio opened in the United States, he appears somewhat dazed or “statue-like,” as he might have said. In 1841, the exposure time for a daguerreotype of this size could run up to fifteen seconds, depending on the time of day and the amount of available daylight in the daguerreotypist’s studio.