Self-Portrait (Main View)

Although he was seventy-seven years old when this image was made, daguerreotypist Jean-Gabriel Eynard appears alert, his expression dignified. His splendid fur-collared overcoat and his immaculately starched shirt with its stiff, high collar are representative of Eynard's extensive--and expensive--wardrobe. His hair, brushed forward at the temples in the style of his youth in 1800, is curiously static despite its windblown appearance.