National Portrait Gallery’s Exhibition Charts the Evolution of Early Portrait Photography

A split image showing a Black woman in a dark dress holding a book on the left, and an older white man in formal attire in an oval frame on the right, both in sepia tones.

An upcoming exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery invites visitors to explore the rise of the grand-scale, whole-plate photographic portrait — from the luxurious daguerreotype to the more affordable tintype.

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