Photographers:
Connections:
LL/132403
David Brokaw
1853
Oberlin College Graduates

Daguerreotype
National Gallery of Art (NGA)
Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation, Accession Number: 2023.39.5
 
(Curatorial description, automatically generated) The image is a collage of twelve individual portrait photographs. The portraits show the upper body or head and shoulders of the subjects, positioned in three rows of four portraits each. The individuals are directly facing the camera and have neutral expressions. They wear formal clothing typical of a past era, with the men in suit jackets and white shirts, and the women in dresses with visible collars. The subjects have neatly styled hair, ranging from combed-back styles for the men to parted and tied-up hair for the women. There are no visible jewelry or objects among the subjects. The background of each portrait is a neutral, dark shade. The collage is presented within an ornate, gilt-edged frame.
 
LL/132403


 

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