Interactive Gigazoom • Scroll or Double-Click
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Description
It was in use from 1839 into the 1850s and especially favored for portraits. The daguerreotype’s mirrorlike surface offered incredible clarity and detail but the process only produced a unique image. It did not allow multiple copies to be produced.
Provenance
The Stanley B. Burns Collection, New York, NY; Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, Scarsdale, NY; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Dimensions
16 × 12 cm
Movement / Period
Accession No
2021.76
Official Citations
Curatorial Affinity Stream
Continuing the Universe of Unknown Artist
Photography • France • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries
Continuous Discovery