Saturday, August 25, 2012

earliest photographic self-portrait


Robert Cornelius, self-portrait, Philadelphia, 1839, facing front, arms crossed. 
Inscription on backing: The first light-picture ever taken. 1839.

 One of the first photographs made in the United States, this quarter-plate daguerreotype, taken in the yard of the Cornelius family's lamp-making business in Philadelphia, is said to be the earliest photographic portrait of a person.

 He's hot. Very hot.  
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25 comments:

  1. Tess KincaidSat Aug 25, 10:45:00 AM

    I love how his arms are crossed in front...confident, with a look of anticipation...so handsome!

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  2. UnknownSat Aug 25, 10:49:00 AM

    Robert Cornelius. You have my attention darling.

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  3. Cro MagnonSat Aug 25, 10:56:00 AM

    I hope his mother gave him a comb for Christmas. He reminds me of someone!

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    1. Tess KincaidSat Aug 25, 11:01:00 AM

      His hair is fabulous...

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    2. MargaretSat Aug 25, 12:36:00 PM

      I second that, Tess! I was thinking fingers, not a comb ;P

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    3. Tess KincaidSat Aug 25, 12:40:00 PM

      Stand back, Margaret...I've already got my fingers in his hair...

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    4. Cro MagnonSat Aug 25, 02:23:00 PM

      Have a quick look at my blog. I shall delete it very soon.

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  4. Elise Ann WormuthSat Aug 25, 12:00:00 PM

    Love him and the pic. He is hot.

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  5. AnonymousSat Aug 25, 12:35:00 PM

    he looks like he could have been an ancestor. he had the photographic savvy. love the hair, too.

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  6. AnonymousSat Aug 25, 12:35:00 PM

    is 'photographic' a word???

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  7. MargaretSat Aug 25, 12:36:00 PM

    Oh, He caught my eye! Wow. (I think he should be a Magpie subject FOR SURE! Yowzers!

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  8. AnonymousSat Aug 25, 12:53:00 PM

    That's quite the look he's got in his eyes.

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  9. PhilipHSat Aug 25, 01:27:00 PM

    He has that "Hmm...?" look.
    I wonder what he's thinking. Marvellous picture.

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  10. 21 WitsSat Aug 25, 01:37:00 PM

    Yes he is!

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  11. The Weaver of GrassSat Aug 25, 02:42:00 PM

    Most interesting Tess - he certainly has a smouldering look about him.

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  12. CatalystSat Aug 25, 11:28:00 PM

    Smouldering. Yes, that's it. Even without combing his hair! :^)

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  13. Lisa JohnsonSun Aug 26, 12:46:00 AM

    Very cool! He has a very modern look to him.

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  14. Far Beyond The RidgeSun Aug 26, 03:54:00 PM

    You sure that isn't robert downey jr in the early yrs?
    Seriously, very cool. I love the early raw photography
    But he's dead, tess. Very dead:)
    Rick

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  15. Stafford RayMon Aug 27, 04:46:00 PM

    Amazing that photography was that good so long ago. They do put a reality under the word pictures and of times and so much more immediate than paintings, up until then the only visual record.
    BTW, Any pic of yours is s delight.

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  16. Stafford RayMon Aug 27, 04:46:00 PM

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  17. Cobalt VioletThu Aug 30, 02:55:00 AM

    hotness that cannot be denied.
    yep.

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  18. AnonymousWed Jan 02, 01:58:00 PM

    what a handsome man , dang.

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