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Lemuel Shaw, presidente della corte suprema del Massachusetts

Photography Studio Southworth and Hawes American
ca. 1850
Not on view
Il sodalizio nato a Boston tra Southworth e Hawes diede luogo ai più bei ritratti americani su dagherrotipo per una clientela tra cui figuravano eminenti politici, intellettuali e artisti. Questo primo processo fotografico si diffuse rapidamente in tutto il mondo, dopo che fu presentato al pubblico a Parigi nel 1839. Ogni lastra di rame ricoperta d’argento e lucida, esposta in una camera oscura e sviluppata con vapori di mercurio, costituisce un’immagine unica che, vista nella giusta luce, mostra i particolari più minuti e una tridimensionalità eccezionali. L’imponente figura di Lemuel Shaw, definita da una luce naturale intensa e catturata dall’abile occhio dell’artista, si scosta decisamente dal ritratto convenzionale con il personaggio di solito in posa nello studio del fotografo, illuminato da luce indiretta.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo: Lemuel Shaw, presidente della corte suprema del Massachusetts
  • Artista: Albert Sands Southworth, Americano, 1811-1894, Josiah Johnson Hawes, Americano, 1808-1901
  • Data: 1850-60
  • Materiale e tecnica: Dagherrotipo
  • Dimensioni: 21,6 x 16,5 cm
  • Crediti: Dono di Edward S. Hawes, Alice Mary Hawes e Marion Augusta Hawes, 1938
  • Numero d'inventario: 38.34
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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