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Lemuel Shaw, presidente del Tribunal Supremo de Massachusetts

Photography Studio Southworth and Hawes American
ca. 1850
Not on view
El estudio fotográfico bostoniano de Southworth y Hawes produjo los mejores retratos daguerrotipados de los Estados Unidos para una clientela que incluía importantes políticos, intelectuales y artistas. El daguerrotipo, primer proceso fotográfico de la historia, se difundió rápidamente por todo el mundo tras su presentación al público en París en 1839. Consistía en exponer en una cámara oscura placas de cobre plateadas y muy pulidas que luego se revelaban mediante vapores de mercurio. Cada una de ellas es una imagen única que, vista bajo una luz adecuada, da una extraordinaria sensación de relieve con gran riqueza de detalles. Aquí, la presencia imponente de Lemuel Shaw cobra volumen bajo la intensa luz solar, en una composición dictada por la visión artística y el talento del fotógrafo. La imagen difiere radicalmente de los retratos clásicos realizados en un estudio con luz indirecta.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Lemuel Shaw, presidente del Tribunal Supremo de Massachusetts
  • Artista: Albert Sands Southworth, estadounidense, 1811–1894 y Josiah Johnson Hawes, estadounidense, 1808–1901
  • Fecha: Década de 1850
  • Material: Daguerrotipo
  • Dimensiones: 21,6 x 16,5 cm
  • Crédito: Donación de Edward S. Hawes, Alice Mary Hawes y Marion Augusta Hawes, 1938
  • Número de inventario: 38.34
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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