Even for the wealthy, having a portrait made in the 1840s was a rare, costly event that called for perfect dress and impeccable grooming. But as technology evolved, pictures became less and less expensive to produce. By the mid-1850s, people from all social classes who had never before been in front of a camera suddenly were—and not all of them were happy about it.
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