Double self-portrait with camera
Artist
J. Halstead
(American, active 1860s)
Dateca. 1865-1870
MediumSalt print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 3 5/8 × 2 1/8 inches (9.21 × 5.4 cm)
Mount: 3 15/16 × 2 7/16 inches (10 × 6.19 cm)
Mount: 3 15/16 × 2 7/16 inches (10 × 6.19 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.219
Signednone
InscribedOn mount verso, center, in black type: "J. HALSTEAD, / ARTIST, / MILTON,PA."
MarkingsOn mount verso, upper right, in pencil: "YYV-2 [?] / PWRJJ", "10244 - / WS / 1400-".
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DescriptionImage of a bearded man wearing a suit and standing behind a camera on a tripod. The same man is shown standing near the lens of the camera with his hand on his lapel.Gallery LabelCommercial studio photographers often advertised their talents using the carte-de-visite format. These pocket-sized pictures, mounted on cardstock, often functioned like business cards. Often, photographers used themselves as models, producing playful, inventive images to demonstrate their skills.
J. Halstead produced photographs by making two separate exposures on a single negative. Such manipulations were relatively common during the mid-to-late 1800s, well over a century before the invention of digital editing software used today.
Photographic Works of Art, Chester, CT, purchased by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 2000;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
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