The Hansen Album
1860
A hand-colored salted-paper portrait mounted in an album, showing a seated man posed in a studio so the photographer could record his likeness and social presence for private circulation.
What first arrests you is the small, oval image floating on the blank page—its painted green jacket and carpeted floor lending a soft, painterly lift to the otherwise photographic likeness and intimate studio pose.
This mid-19th-century photograph illustrates how early photographers used hand-applied color and album presentation to bridge painting and photography, helping portraiture become more widely available and personal in everyday life.
Medium
Salted paper print with applied color
Dimensions
Each 6 1/16 × 4 1/2" (15.4 × 11.4 cm)
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Credit
Agnes Rindge Claflin Fund
Accession
1054.2015.6
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