Unknown Maker, American

Untitled

Maker

Unknown Maker, American

Culture

American

Title

Untitled

Year

1800s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

hand coloring

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 8.3 x 7 cm (3 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Truman B. Pierce

Object Number

17.118

Type

Exhibition History

Image and Enterprise
The Photographs of Adolphe Braun
Feb 04, 2000 – Apr 22, 2000

Label copy

Invented by Frenchman Louis Daguerre in 1837, daguerreotype was the first photographic process. Within a camera, a chemically treated copper plate with a silver coating was exposed to light. When developed, a positive image was created on the copper plate itself. There was no negative; only the single representation on the plate. This was the limitation of the process. There was no easy way to reproduce the image. This daguerreotype is typical of the form's usual purpose, subject, and style: to capture a posed portrait.

Capturing the Light
150 Years of Photography
Sep 22, 1989 – Nov 12, 1989

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Tombstone

Unknown Maker, American
Untitled, 1800s
daguerreotype; hand coloring
Plate: 8.3 x 7 cm (3 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Truman B. Pierce 17.118

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