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FAQ: Unrecorded Ralph Waldo Emerson Photograph Discovery at Concord Free Public Library
TL;DR
The Concord Free Public Library gains a competitive edge by acquiring a rare 1840s Emerson photograph, enhancing its exclusive Emerson collection.
The circa-1848 daguerreotype was identified through expert analysis of Emerson iconography and acquired from collector Victor Gulotta's long-hidden collection.
This discovery preserves Emerson's legacy by revealing a relaxed, smiling portrait that humanizes the transcendentalist philosopher for future generations.
A previously unknown 1840s photograph shows Ralph Waldo Emerson smiling while reading, captured during his England visit and hidden for over 150 years.
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The Concord Free Public Library has acquired a previously unrecorded photograph of Ralph Waldo Emerson, believed to be the second or third earliest known photograph of the famous 19th-century essayist and poet.
Massachusetts collector Victor Gulotta discovered the photograph among hundreds of images in a collection that had been buried for over half a century, and he worked with library experts to identify it as a rare Emerson image.
The original daguerreotype was taken circa 1848, and the acquired image is a circa-1860s carte-de-visite (CDV) photograph made from that original.
The original photograph was produced in Liverpool, England during the 1840s when Emerson was visiting England.
It is one of only very few known images of Emerson from the 1840s and shows him in a rare relaxed pose reading and smiling, unlike his more familiar lectern pose.
Library experts used comprehensive Emerson iconography research by curator Leslie Perrin Wilson and the late Joel Myerson to confirm it as a previously unrecorded Emerson photograph.
The image shows Emerson reading in a relaxed pose and smiling, which contrasts with the more formal lectern pose typically seen in other images from the same England trip.
The William Munroe Special Collections at Concord Free Public Library in Massachusetts has acquired the photograph through an agreement with collector Victor Gulotta.
The photograph was taken on the same trip to England that produced the painting of Emerson by David Scott in the library's collection, providing complementary views of Emerson from the same period.
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