Family Portraits, circa 1850
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Artifact Overview
The daguerreotype, popular in the early 1840s-late 1850s, was the first form of photography available to the public. Sheets of silver-plated copper--polished to a mirror finish--were bathed in photosensitive vapors, and exposed in cameras. In formal studios and traveling booths, photographers created affordable portraits. For the first time, people saw their likenesses--fixed permanently in time and place.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Daguerreotype (Photograph)
Date Made
circa 1850
Subject Date
circa 1850
Creators
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
91.0.191.48
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Copper (Metal)
Silver (Metal)
Glass (Material)
Brass (Alloy)
Leather
Wood (Plant material)
Technique
Daguerreotype (Process)
Plating (Metal coating)
Hand coloring
Half plate
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Gold (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 6 in
Width: 4.875 in
Length: 0.75 in
Inscriptions
In metal mat in lower right corner on right side image of woman:
PLUMBE
Handwritten in upper left right corner: 184?
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