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- Family Portrait, Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1850 - Southworth and Hawes (partnership 1843-1862) are considered one of the best daguerreotype studios in America, known for their artistic composition, natural posing, and sensitive lighting. They patented the Grand Parlor Stereoscope, a viewer for large, whole plate stereo daguerreotypes. This image of a family of nine was made for the stereoscope.
- circa 1850
- Collections - Artifact
Family Portrait, Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1850
Southworth and Hawes (partnership 1843-1862) are considered one of the best daguerreotype studios in America, known for their artistic composition, natural posing, and sensitive lighting. They patented the Grand Parlor Stereoscope, a viewer for large, whole plate stereo daguerreotypes. This image of a family of nine was made for the stereoscope.
- Portrait of a Mother and Children, circa 1855 - 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.
- circa 1855
- Collections - Artifact
Portrait of a Mother and Children, circa 1855
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.