(Thread) In the mid-19th century, occupational portraits took the use of supplemental objects to a new level. Subjects indicated their occupation or trade through the items in hand and the clothes they wore.
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A mason with a trowel and sledgehammer.
Painters with brushes and buckets.
Foremen, Phoenix Fire Company and Mechanic Fire Company, Charleston, South Carolina.
Four shoemakers.
Taxidermist Martha A. Maxwell with animal specimens, palette, and rifle.
A watchmaker.
Chimney sweeps.
Mexican War drummer.
Unidentified clergyman.
Unidentified man with mallet and chisel.
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