Born in the 1700s: The Oldest Generation Ever Photographed / HD Colorized Photographs

These extraordinary colorized portraits from the 1840s capture women who were born in the mid to late 18th century, their faces preserved through the remarkable daguerreotype process—the first commercially successful form of photography. Developed by Louis Daguerre in 1839, daguerreotypes produced highly detailed, mirror-like images on silver-plated copper sheets, requiring long exposure times and meticulous craftsmanship. Each portrait, a singular artifact, stands as both a technical achievement and a rare historical record.

These women lived through a period of profound transformation, witnessing the final decades of the Georgian era and the dawn of the Victorian age. Their lifetimes spanned revolutions in politics, industry, and society—yet here, they are captured in stillness, their expressions offering a rare glimpse into a past otherwise known only through paintings and written accounts. As some of the earliest photographic subjects, they represent a bridge between the world of traditional portraiture and the revolutionary new medium that would redefine how history remembers its people.

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