Through the Looking Glass:
Daguerreotype Masterworks from the Dawn of Photography
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Albert Southworth (American, 1811-1894) & Josiah Hawes (American, 1808-1901)
Family portrait with grandfather, ca. 1850 Full-plate daguerreotype |
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American
Daguerreotypist self-portrait, ca. 1850 Quarter-plate daguerreotype |
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American
Clam digger, ca. 1845-50 Half-plate daguerreotype |
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William R. Knapp (American, active 1845 – 1859)
Barber and his client, ca. 1850 Sixth-plate daguerreotype |
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American
Model bridge builder, ca. 1850 Sixth-plate daguerreotype |
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American
Wheelwright, ca. 1850 Sixth-plate daguerreotype |
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Attributed to O.P. Reeves (American)
Medical student with microscope, 1846 Sixth-plate daguerreotype |
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American
Twelve gold miners at work, including a woman, ca. 1850 Half-plate daguerreotype |
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French
Hunting party with dead badger, Loire Valley, ca. 1850 Quarter-plate daguerreotype |
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Attributed to Jean Baptiste Louis Baron Gros (French, 1793 – 1870)
La Fontaine et le Marché des Innocents, Paris, ca. 1850 Full-plate daguerreotype |
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American
Sleigh ride, ca. 1850 Half-plate daguerreotype |
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American
Solarized bull, ca. 1850 Sixth-plate daguerreotype |
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American
Exchange Bank Building, Chicago, southwest corner of Lake and Clark Streets, 1854-55 Quarter-plate daguerreotype |
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French
Seated nude reflected in mirror, ca. 1850 Sixth-plate stereo daguerreotype |
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American
Saint John the Baptist, ca. 1850 Sixth-plate daguerreotype |
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American
Three dapper gentlemen smoking, ca. 1850 Three-quarters plate daguerreotype |
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Désiré-François Millet (French, 1814 – 1875)
Bride, Paris, ca. 1850 Half-plate daguerreotype |
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American
Sad girl on smiling hobbyhorse, ca. 1850 Quarter-plate daguerreotype |
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Théodore Leeuw (French, active in Lebanon 1840 – 1856)
Boy in tasseled cap flanked by two women, Beirut, ca. 1850 Quarter-plate daguerreotype |
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American
White man with daughter and slave nanny, ca. 1845-50 Sixth-plate daguerreotype |