Individuals significant to the history of the daguerreotype are provided within this section. Also provided are various portraits which are based on daguerreotypes.
Two documents are provided for each entry: a pdf-format document with full notes, and supplemental graphic file providing a good-quality jpg-format file.
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name: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre notes: Inventor of the daguerreotype keywords: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre Ewer archive: B8400001 (full notes) / supplemental graphic file (basic notes) |
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name: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre notes: Inventor of the daguerreotype keywords: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre Ewer archive: M8390002 (full notes) / supplemental graphic file (basic notes) |
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name: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre notes: Inventor of the daguerreotype keywords: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, Charles R. Meade Ewer archive: P8510005 (full notes) / supplemental graphic file (basic notes) |
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name: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre notes: Inventor of the daguerreotype. This wood-engraving is a variant of the Norr drawing. keywords: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, Charles R. Meade Ewer archive: P8520003 (full notes) / supplemental graphic file (basic notes) |
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name: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre notes: Inventor of the daguerreotype keywords: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, Charles R. Meade Ewer archive: P8530005 (full notes) / supplemental graphic file (basic notes) |
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name: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre notes: Inventor of the daguerreotype keywords: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, Charles R. Meade Ewer archive: P8580003 (full notes) / supplemental graphic file (basic notes) |
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name: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre notes: Inventor of the daguerreotype keywords: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, Charles R. Meade Ewer archive: P8510007 (full notes) / supplemental graphic file (basic notes) |
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name: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre notes: Inventor of the daguerreotype keywords: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, Charles R. Meade Ewer archive: B8560001 (full notes) / supplemental graphic file (basic notes) |
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name: John William Draper notes: A portrait of Draper engraved by John Sartain. keywords: John William Draper, Samuel F. B. Morse, Mathew B. Brady Ewer archive: P8590005 (full notes) / supplemental graphic file (basic notes) |
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name: John H. Fitzgibbon notes: A brief biography of the St. Louis daguerreotypist, John H. Fitzgibbon keywords: John H. Fitzgibbon Ewer archive: P8570002 (full notes) / supplemental graphic file (basic notes) |
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name: Françcois Gouraud / Frances Fauvel-Gouraud notes: Arriving in the US in late 1839, Gouraud was influential in the early dissemination of the daguerreotype process keywords: François Gouraud, François Jean-Baptiste Fauvel-Gouraud, Francis Fauvel-Gouraud, Phreno-Mnemotechny Ewer archive: G8440001 (full notes) / supplemental graphic file (basic notes) |
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name: Françcois Gouraud / Frances Fauvel-Gouraud notes: Arriving in the US in late 1839, Gouraud was influential in the early dissemination of the daguerreotype process keywords: François Gouraud, François Jean-Baptiste Fauvel-Gouraud, Francis Fauvel-Gouraud, Phreno-Mnemotechnic Dictionary, Phreno-Mnemotechny Ewer archive: G8440002 (full notes) / supplemental graphic file (basic notes) |
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name: Rebecca S. Nichols notes: The portrait, engraved by John Sartain from a daguerreotype by E. C. Hawkins, is the frontispiece portrait to a book of poetry by Nichols. Included in the volume is the poem, "The Daguerreotype," which is dedicated to the daguerreotypist, E. C. Hawkins. keywords: Rebecca S. Nichols, Ezekiel C. Hawkins Ewer archive: B8510002 (full notes) / supplemental graphic file (basic notes) |
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name: Jeremiah Gurney notes: A brief sketch of the New York daguerreotypist, Jeremiah Gurney. keywords: Jeremiah Gurney, 707 Broadway Ewer archive: P8590005 (full notes) / supplemental graphic file (basic notes) |
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name: Daniel Webster notes: A portrait of Webster by Frederick DeBourg Richards with an account of the sitting. keywords: Frederick DeBourg Richards, Daniel Webster Ewer archive: P8590005 (full notes) / supplemental graphic file (basic notes) |