Astronomers were among the first to embrace this technique; the first images of the sun and of a solar eclipse were both captured on daguerreotypes in the 1840s. By the end of the nineteenth ...

With the introduction of daguerreotype technology in 1839—followed by ambrotypes ... West Collection comprises 286 objects dating from the 1840s through the 1920s and highlights diverse portrait ...

Catherwood also took daguerreotype views (early photography) as these had become comercially available by the time of their second expedition. His illustrations were preferred to the daguerreotypes ...

I knew I would first have to figure out if it were a real daguerreotype. I went to the Daguerrian Society, a reputable and keen group of collectors. Since daguerreotypes are made on a polished ...

OLDEST FORMS OF PHOTOGRAPHY. THE DAGUERREOTYPE WAS THE FIRST COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS, BUT SHORTLY AFTER ITS POPULARITY PEAKED IN THE 1840S, A MORE AFFORDABLE VERSION CAME ...