File:1840 Fitz profile portrait.jpg

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English: Henry Fitz Jr. in an early daguerreotype from the Wolcott mirror camera. The dark part of Fitz's head had a light background, and the light part had a dark background, to ensure the image had no over or underexposure.
Date January or February 1840
Source https://hindmanauctions.com/items/10555507-the-henry-fitz-jr-archive-of-photographic-history-including-one-of-the-world-s-earliest-surviving-photographic-portraits
Author Alexander Wolcott and John S. Johnson

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