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Unknown Maker, American

Untitled

Maker

Unknown Maker, American

Culture

American

Title

Untitled

Year

1800s

Medium

  • daguerreotype

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • daguerreotype

Materials

daguerreotype

Supports

  • thin copper plate

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

17.121

Type

  • Photographs

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.

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Unknown Maker, American
Untitled, 1800s
daguerreotype
Plate: 8.3 x 7 cm (3 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Truman B. Pierce 17.121

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