A collection of daguerreotype portraits of firemen, hunters, carpenters, nurses, performers, and people from other professions wearing their works clothes and posing with the tools of their trades in the 1840's and 1850's. All were probably taken in the United States and Europe and many were partially colorized by the original photographer or his assistant. Comic portrait of a dentist operating on a patient, c. 1850: http://artblart.com/2013/08/15/exhibition-photographic-wonders-american-daguerreotypes-at-the-taft-museum-of-art-cincinnati/ Blind man and his reader, c. 1850: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/285466 Firemen of the Phoenix Fire Company and the Mechanic Fire Company of Charleston, South Carolina, c. 1855: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004664502/ Fireman of the Vigilant Fire Company from Baltimore, Maryland: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004664509/ Fireman holding an instrument, 1855-1856: http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/49685/unknown-maker-american-fireman-in-uniform-holding-a-brass-musical-instrument-american-1855-1856/ Two firemen, c. 1852: http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/49703/unknown-maker-american-portrait-of-two-young-men-in-uniform-american-about-1852/ Fireman of the Bunker Hill Engine Company No. 2 from Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1852: https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/32808144_daguerreotype-of-boston-fireman-bunker-hill-no-2 Fireman: http://tuesday-johnson.tumblr.com/post/16545761629/c-1850-hand-painted-daguerreotype-portrait-of-a Fireman (Deluge Fire Company?): http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004664279/ Photographer, c. 1850: http://tuesday-johnson.tumblr.com/post/43356113244/ca-1850-daguerreotype-portrait-of-a Nurse Sister Pierrette Toussaine Blondeau with patient at Hospice de Beaune, France: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/285013 Nurse at Hospice de Beaune with patient, France: http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/58261/unknown-maker-french-a-sister-of-charity-serving-a-patient-at-the-hospice-de-beaune-french-about-1848/ Sailor, c. 1848: http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/56682/unknown-maker-american-portrait-of-a-young-sailor-about-1848/ Fisherman, c. 1850: http://artblart.com/2013/08/15/exhibition-photographic-wonders-american-daguerreotypes-at-the-taft-museum-of-art-cincinnati/ Tightrope Walker, c. 1850-1855: http://artblart.com/2013/08/15/exhibition-photographic-wonders-american-daguerreotypes-at-the-taft-museum-of-art-cincinnati/ Clown, c. 1855: http://artblart.com/2013/08/15/exhibition-photographic-wonders-american-daguerreotypes-at-the-taft-museum-of-art-cincinnati/ Carpenters with tools, 1848-1850: http://artblart.com/2014/07/15/exhibition-in-the-looking-glass-recent-daguerreotype-acquistions-at-the-nelson-atkins-museum-of-art-kansas-city/ Carpenter, c. 1855: http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/56702/unknown-maker-american-portrait-of-a-carpenter-american-about-1855/ Ironer with an iron, c. 1850-1855: http://artblart.com/2013/08/15/exhibition-photographic-wonders-american-daguerreotypes-at-the-taft-museum-of-art-cincinnati/ Ironer with an iron: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004664384/ Basket weaver weaving a basket, 1855-1858: http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/49452/joseph-amadio-man-weaving-basket-british-1855-1858/ Laundress, 1848-1850: http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/57852/unknown-maker-french-portrait-of-a-laundress-french-1848-1850/ Tags: daguerreotype, portraits, history, firemen, firefighters, helmets, studio, druggist, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, documentary, speaker trumpet, hand-colored, hand-tinted, unidentified, photographer, photographs, pictures, images, american, french, united states,

• published: 25 Jun 2015
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