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Before Photography, There Was This
By Chloe · published July 26, 2026 · Still · 7 slides, at your own pace · Edited Aug 23
American folk portraits of children, and the surprisingly modern reason they look the way they do.
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American folk portraits of children look flat next to European paintings of the same era. That wasn't a lack of skill. (Baby in Blue, William Matthew Prior, c. 1845)
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