Portraits

A collection of 3 Posts

The Dazzling Countess of Castiglione (1865) post image

The Dazzling Countess of Castiglione (1865)

In the 1860s, 'La Divine Comtesse' was considered the most beautiful woman of her day

A Civil War Family Portrait (1864) post image

A Civil War Family Portrait (1864)

Wet plate photography and the American Civil War

A Photographic Portrait of Frederick Douglass (1879) post image

A Photographic Portrait of Frederick Douglass (1879)

How the most photographed man in America harnessed the portrait as a political tool