Early Portrait Photography in New Bedford" at the New Bedford Whaling Museum and "The Scenic Daguerreotype in America: 1840-1860” at the Wadsworth in Hartford offer excellent looks at photography of ...
The invention of the camera is usually attributed to Frenchman Louis Daguerre - who was first to announce his invention in 1839, and gave his name to the first popular form of photograph – the ...
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I bought a daguerreotype at a flea market. I was surprised at how modern the photograph looks
I was expecting a grainy, soft image, but daguerreotypes are actually fairly sharp and detailed ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Samuel F. B. Morse (1791–1872), an ...
This simple wooden box daguerreotype camera is an example of the earliest type of cameras used in America from the introduction of photography in 1840 to the waning popularity of the process in 1860.
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