Portrait of Charles Batchelor, "First Photograph Made with Incandescent Light," 1880

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Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1880

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2005.0.32.20

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.875 in
Width: 9 in

Inscriptions

along white border across the bottom: The first photograph ever taken by incandescent electric lamps / By Kind Permission of W. J. Jenks. / This shows / Charles Batchelor. [the first two lines were printed, but the second is crossed out in pencil, and the last two lines were handwritten in pencil.]
Portrait of Charles Batchelor, "First Photograph Made with Incandescent Light," 1880