Victorian portraits
Formal ancestral photographs
Victorian portraits are photographs or paintings from the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901), characterized by formal poses, somber expressions, and elaborate staging.
The stiff, unsmiling faces owe partly to long exposure times and partly to period conventions about dignity.
The term now evokes any image with that distinctive severity: She stood frozen like a Victorian portrait.
- daguerreotypeFirst commercial photography method
- sepiaReddish-brown pigment
- ovalElongated rounded shape
- laceOpen-weave ornamental fabric
- corsetBoned waist-shaping undergarment
mourning · mourning dress · cameo · sitting · parlor · gilt · frame · somber · stiff · bustle · high collar · velvet · collar · brooch · ancestor · faded · formal · pose
Victorian portraitscandid photography
Unposed, natural image-making
street photography · action shots · paparazzi photos · photojournalism · documentary photography
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