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A Daguerreotype

1999.3088.jpg

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Title

A Daguerreotype

Description

A photograph made by an early process on a light sensitive, silver-coated metallic plate and then developed by mercury vapor. A process developed by L. Daguerre, a French artist (1787-1851).
The woman photographed is unknown.

Contributor

Merton Merrick.

Identifier

1999.1429

Format

2.5" x 6".

Artifact Item Type Metadata

Materials

Wood, glass.

Condition

Good.

Storage

AB82
SU4-3