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LL/40314
William Langenheim
Frederick Langenheim Looking at Talbotypes
1849-1851 (ca)
Daguerreotype
4 3/4 x 3 1/2 ins (visible) 6 x 4 11/16 x 5/8 ins (case)
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.177
 
LL/40314

1 of 137
LL/71061
Rufus P. Anson
Daguerrotypist with Camera
1850s
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, hand-coloured
2 7/8 x 2 1/2 ins (7.3 x 6.4 cm) (image) 3 5/8 x 3 1/8 ins (9.2 x 7.9 cm) (case)
 
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-1
 
LL/71061

2 of 137
LL/86511
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of a daguerreotypist with his camera
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Source requested
 
LL/86511

3 of 137
LL/80708
A.H. Boyce (American, born 1830)
Self-Portrait with Cameras
1855
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 × 2 3/4 ins (8.26 × 6.99 cm) (plate)
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., Object number: 2005.27.4
 
LL/80708 [Further details available]

4 of 137
LL/92752
Unknown, daguerreotypist
[Portrait of a French daguerreotypist from Lyon with his equipment]
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
Object number: 84.XT.265.19
 
LL/92752

5 of 137
LL/42653
O.H. Willard
Séance de pose chez un photographe
1855 (ca)
Aquarelle, papier calque [Water colour, on translucent paper]
 
Musée d'Orsay
(C) RMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Jean-Gilles Berizzi, Europeana Identifier: RMNDO000000451496 ; PHO1996-8-10
 
LL/42653

6 of 137
LL/11397
Unidentified photographer
Straw-hatted miner with pick, pan and shovel
1852 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
 
LL/11397 [Further details available]

7 of 137
LL/79006
Unidentified daguerreotypist
Group of miners
1850s (ca)
Daguerreotype
 
California Historical Society
 
LL/79006

8 of 137
LL/63336
Unidentified photographer (active ca. 1850)
Miner - Moses Warren
1853 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
AMC - Archive of Modern Conflict
Promised gift to the National Gallery of Canada
 
LL/63336 [Further details available]

9 of 137
LL/11398
Unidentified photographer
Straw-hatted gold miner
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
 
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
 
LL/11398 [Further details available]

10 of 137
LL/94418
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of a California gold miner with tools
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., Object number: 2005.27.115
 
LL/94418

11 of 137
LL/94420
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of a California gold miner with pick and shovel
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of the Hall Family Foundation, Object number: 2016.6.13
 
LL/94420

12 of 137
LL/94421
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of a California gold miner with pick and shovel
1855 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of the Hall Family Foundation, Object number: 2017.68.279
 
LL/94421

13 of 137
LL/94429
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of Seth Boyden, California gold miner
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., Object number: 2005.27.378
 
LL/94429

14 of 137
LL/94428
James M. Ford
Portrait of a California miner with gold ore
1855 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., Object number: 2005.27.377
 
LL/94428

15 of 137
LL/94423
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of Lyman Alvinson Rundell in mining-themed shirt
1855 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of the Hall Family Foundation, Object number: 2017.68.285
 
LL/94423

16 of 137
LL/60783
Russell A. Miller (American, active 1850s-1860s)
Painter and Backdrop
n.d.
Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., 2005.27.19
 
LL/60783

17 of 137
LL/63353
Unidentified photographer
Occupation portrait of a well-dressed young man
n.d.
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Collection of David A. Schorsch
 
LL/63353

18 of 137
LL/57095
Unidentified photographer
Dr. MacBeth in the costume in which he crossed the plains, fleeing from the cholerea [sic] of which he died.
1849 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate
13.7 x 10.5 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
1978:1706:0013
 
LL/57095

19 of 137
LL/95752
Unidentified photographer
[Surveyor]
1854 (ca)
Daguerreotype
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary, 2019, Accession Number: 2019.248
 
LL/95752 [Further details available]

20 of 137
LL/114534
Unidentified photographer (USA, 19th century)
Untitled (Mayland Morse, Civil Engineer, 18 years)
1857
Daguerreotype
 
Art Institute of Chicago
The W. Bruce and Delaney H. Lundberg Collection, purchased with funds provided by The Phillip Leonian and Edith Rosenbaum Leonian Charitable Trust, Reference Number: 2019.527
 
LL/114534

21 of 137
LL/80686
Unidentified photographer
Survey Party Camp
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins (8.26 x 6.99 cm)
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., Object number: 2005.27.375
 
LL/80686

22 of 137
LL/98077
Unidentified photographer (American)
Untitled [Carpentering & Long-Tom Making]
1855
Daguerreotype
11 × 14 cm (4 1/4 × 5 1/2 ins)
 
Art Institute of Chicago
The W. Bruce and Delaney H. Lundberg Collection, restricted gift of The Phillip Leonian and Edith Rosenbaum Leonian Charitable Trust, Reference Number: 2019.503
 
LL/98077

23 of 137
LL/32376
Moses Chapin
Frederick Warren, Worcester City Marshall, with handcuffed prisoner
1849 (or later)
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
 
American Antiquarian Society
Courtesy of the American Antiquarian Society (scan #003580-0125)
 
LL/32376 [Further details available]

24 of 137
LL/102185
Unidentified photographer
Prisoner
1845-1850
Daguerreotype, hand-coloured
9.6 x 12.8 cm (3.78 x 5.05 ins)
 
FotoMuseum Provincie Antwerpen - FOMU
IdentificationFMA-P-1966-056
 
LL/102185

25 of 137
LL/63087
Unidentified photographer
The Carpenter in Canada
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype
 
Library and Archives Canada
No. e011154392_s2
 
LL/63087 [Further details available]

26 of 137
LL/114532
Unidentified photographer (USA, 19th century)
Untitled (Portrait of a Carpenter)
1850
Daguerreotype
 
Art Institute of Chicago
The W. Bruce and Delaney H. Lundberg Collection, purchased with funds provided by The Phillip Leonian and Edith Rosenbaum Leonian Charitable Trust, Reference Number: 2019.545
 
LL/114532

27 of 137
LL/80701
Unidentified photographer
Factory worker at knitting machine
1853 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins (8.26 x 6.99 cm)
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., Object number: 2005.27.557
 
LL/80701

28 of 137
LL/80703
Unidentified photographer
New York City Policeman
1855 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins (8.26 x 6.99 cm)
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., Object number: 2005.27.558
 
LL/80703

29 of 137
LL/80704
Unidentified photographer
Surgeon with Scalpel and Equipment
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins (8.26 x 6.99 cm)
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., Object number: 2005.37.111
 
LL/80704

30 of 137
LL/107405
Unidentified photographer
A ribbon salesman
n.d.
Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate
 
Private collection of Pam Ferrazzutti
 
LL/107405

31 of 137
LL/80719
Unidentified photographer
Fireman, Eureka Company No. 4
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
4 1/4 × 3 1/4 ins (10.8 × 8.26 cm) (plate)
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of the Hall Family Foundation, Object number: 2015.50.40
 
LL/80719

32 of 137
LL/80718
Jesse Harrison Whitehurst
James Thomas, Jr., tobacco farmer
1855 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate
6 x 4 3/4 x 3/4 ins (15.24 x 12.07 x 1.91 cm) (plate)
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of the Hall Family Foundation, Object number: 2013.26.5
 
LL/80718

33 of 137
LL/40395
Peter Welling
James Hyatt Inhaling Chlorine Gas
1850-1855
Daguerreotype
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.386
 
LL/40395

34 of 137
LL/15285
Unidentified photographer
Fireman bright red shirt
n.d.
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (48 / 2)
 
LL/15285 [Further details available]

35 of 137
LL/117817
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of a Fireman
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, with applied color
7 × 6.1 cm (2 3/4 × 2 3/8 in.) (image visible)
 
National Gallery of Art
Mary and Dan Solomon Fund and Robert B. Menschel and the Vital Projects Fund, Accession Number: 2013.120.1
 
LL/117817

36 of 137
LL/114514
Unidentified photographer (USA, 19th century)
Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Man)
1857
Daguerreotype
 
Art Institute of Chicago
The W. Bruce and Delaney H. Lundberg Collection, purchased with funds provided by The Phillip Leonian and Edith Rosenbaum Leonian Charitable Trust, Reference Number: 2019.530
 
LL/114514

37 of 137
LL/79050
Unidentified photographer
American Firemen of the United Hose company of Philadelphia
n.d.
Daguerreotype
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Current location unknown.
 
LL/79050

38 of 137
LL/62616
Unidentified photographer (American)
Portrait of Two Firemen
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
3 1/4 x 4 1/4 ins (8.3 x 10.8 cm)
 
Heritage Auctions
13 November 2015, Lot: 74071
 
LL/62616 [Further details available]

39 of 137
LL/77960
Unidentified photographer
A portrait of a fireman of the Columbia Fire Company of Philadelphia
n.d.
Daguerreotype
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/77960

40 of 137
LL/83451
Unidentified photographer
A fireman seated in studio wearing a hat identifying him as "Foreman" of Company "2" "S.P.T." and with his fire trumpet on the table beside him
n.d.
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
 
Cowan's Auctions, Inc
American History: Premier Auction, 26 June 2018, Lot: 252
 
LL/83451 [Further details available]

41 of 137
LL/120245
Unidentified photographer
Firefighter Walter Van Erven Dorens (Sansome Hook & Ladder Company No. 3 [San Francisco]
1854-1855
Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate
 
Rijksmuseum
Object number: RP-F-2021-18
 
LL/120245

42 of 137
LL/120246
Unidentified photographer
Firefighter Walter Van Erven Dorens (Sansome Hook & Ladder Company No. 3 [San Francisco]
1854-1855
Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate
 
Rijksmuseum
Object number: RP-F-2021-18
 
LL/120246

43 of 137
LL/79427
Unidentified photographer
[San Francisco Fire Brigade on Meiggs Wharf.]
1855-1858
Ambrotype, whole plate
 
Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley
Local Call Number: BANC PIC 1905.16242:105--CASE
 
LL/79427 [Further details available]

44 of 137
LL/50552
Unidentified daguerreotypist (American)
[Fireman in Uniform Holding a Brass Musical Instrument]
1855-1856
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
Object number: 84.XT.1582.3
 
LL/50552

45 of 137
LL/11399
Unidentified photographer
California mule skinner with his whip
1851 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
 
LL/11399 [Further details available]

46 of 137
LL/11400
W. & W. H. Lewis (142 Chatham St., New York)
Merchant Marine sailor
1849 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
 
LL/11400 [Further details available]

47 of 137
LL/120318
Unidentified photographer
A sailor
n.d.
Ambrotype, 1/4 plate
 
Private collection of Hector Meinhof
 
LL/120318

48 of 137
LL/120304
Unidentified photographer
Lt. J.J. Guthrie, Commander of the Confederate blockade runner "Advance"
1860
Daguerreotype
 
North Carolina Museum of History - NCMOH
NCMOH 19XX.323.1
 
LL/120304

49 of 137
LL/120305
Unidentified photographer
James Iredell Waddell, and Capt. Crosby [USN officers prior to Civil War]
1850-1860 (ca)
Daguerreotype
 
North Carolina Museum of History - NCMOH
NCMOH 1916.23.5
 
LL/120305

50 of 137
LL/67311
M. Dufour
Marin et sa maquette de bateau
1854
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
 
Ader Nordmann
2 June 2016, Lot: 3
 
LL/67311

51 of 137
LL/50635
Unidentified daguerreotypist (American)
Portrait of a Young Sailor
1848 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate, hand-coloured
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
Object number: 84.XT.1571.2
 
LL/50635

52 of 137
LL/11410
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of a fisherman
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
 
LL/11410 [Further details available]

53 of 137
LL/81005
Unidentified photographer
A whaler with a flensing knife
n.d.
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
The Jeffrey Kraus Collection
Current whereabouts unknown. Offered for sale on Ebay (26 March 2018)
 
LL/81005

54 of 137
LL/46480
Robert Cornelius
Portrait of Martin Hans Boyè
1841, 6 December
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
12.1 x 10.9 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of the 3M Company: ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley , GEH NEG: 25037, 77:0242:0004
 
LL/46480

55 of 137
LL/126455
Unidentified photographer
Belgian physicist Joseph A. F. Plateau (1801-1883)
1843
Daguerreotype
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Joseph Plateau collection, University of Ghent
 
LL/126455

56 of 137
LL/70595
Unidentified photographer
[Four uniformed men against two 28-star flags]
1840s
Daguerreotype, whole plate, hand-tinted
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Eldred's, Americana, Decorative Arts and Paintings, Nov. 16-17, 2012
 
LL/70595 [Further details available]

57 of 137
LL/11402
Unidentified photographer
General Jesup
1847 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
 
LL/11402 [Further details available]

58 of 137
LL/10954
Unidentified photographer
American militia
n.d.
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics
Courtesy of Jeffrey Kraus (D83)
 
LL/10954

59 of 137
LL/15604
Désiré François Millet
Stereo daguerreotype of French soldier
n.d.
Daguerreotype, stereo, detail
 
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
Courtesy of Christopher Wahren
 
LL/15604 [Further details available]

60 of 137
LL/67806
Unidentified photographer
Capitaine des lanciers de la Garde nationale
1848
Daguerreotype
15.5 x 12 cm (6.1 x 4.72 ins)
 
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
www.daguerreobase.org, 6903215
 
LL/67806 [Further details available]

61 of 137
LL/7505
Jabez Hughes
Portrait of a Yeoman
1853 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate, hand-coloured
3 9/16 x 2 9/16 in
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
The J. Paul Getty Trust (84.XT.1566.2)
 
LL/7505

62 of 137
LL/11403
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of a young man
1854 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
 
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
 
LL/11403 [Further details available]

64 of 137
LL/100818
Unidentified photographer
A baker
n.d.
Daguerreotype
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Current location unknown.
 
LL/100818 [Further details available]

65 of 137
LL/11404
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of a gentleman
1854 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
 
LL/11404 [Further details available]

66 of 137
LL/83527
Unidentified photographer
Fabric salesman with wares
n.d.
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
 
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold, 27 June 2018, Lot: 1
 
LL/83527 [Further details available]

67 of 137
LL/11405
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of a blacksmith
1852 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
 
LL/11405 [Further details available]

68 of 137
LL/112118
Summer A. Smith (American, active late 1850s)
[Blacksmith Forging a Horseshoe]
1859-1860
Daguerreotype
 
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH)
Museum purchase, Object Number: 2017.346
 
LL/112118

69 of 137
LL/92427
Unidentified photographer
[Untitled, Blacksmith]
n.d.
Daguerreotype
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Source requested, https://pikabu.ru/profile/vperde?page=2
 
LL/92427

70 of 137
LL/50637
Unidentified daguerreotypist (American)
[Portrait of Two Metalworkers]
1855
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, in Mascher magnifying case
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
Object number: 84.XT.1572.5
 
LL/50637

71 of 137
LL/66262
Unknown photographer
Portrait of a machinist with his tools
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Lee Gallery
 
LL/66262

72 of 137
LL/11406
Tyler & Co. (Boston, MA)
Portrait of a butcher
1854 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/9 plate
 
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
 
LL/11406 [Further details available]

73 of 137
LL/11413
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of a young man
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
 
LL/11413 [Further details available]

74 of 137
LL/11414
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of a gentleman wearing a work apron
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
 
LL/11414 [Further details available]

75 of 137
LL/114472
Samuel J. Miller (American, 1822–1888)
Untitled (Portrait of Seated Man Holding a Daguerreotype and Brush)
1865
Daguerreotype
 
Art Institute of Chicago
The W. Bruce and Delaney H. Lundberg Collection, purchased with funds provided by The Phillip Leonian and Edith Rosenbaum Leonian Charitable Trust, Reference Number: 2019.517
 
LL/114472

76 of 137
LL/116837
David_C__Collins
[An artist/photo tinter]
n.d.
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
The Jeffrey Kraus Collection
 
LL/116837

77 of 137
LL/11423
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of a Daguerreotypist
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
 
LL/11423 [Further details available]

78 of 137
LL/11427
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of an actor
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
 
LL/11427 [Further details available]

79 of 137
LL/11417
Unidentified photographer
Three men on a railroad handcar
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
 
LL/11417 [Further details available]

80 of 137
LL/11418
H.G. Fetter (Peru, Indiana)
Surveying crew
1853-1854 (winter of)
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
 
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
 
LL/11418 [Further details available]

81 of 137
LL/114476
McDonell & Co. (American, 19th century)
Untitled (Group Portrait of Surveyors)
1855
Daguerreotype
 
Art Institute of Chicago
The W. Bruce and Delaney H. Lundberg Collection, purchased with funds provided by The Phillip Leonian and Edith Rosenbaum Leonian Charitable Trust, Reference Number: 2019.516
 
LL/114476

82 of 137
LL/80666
Unidentified photographer
Surveyor
n.d.
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
The Jeffrey Kraus Collection
Current whereabouts unknown.
 
LL/80666

83 of 137
LL/81136
Unidentified photographer
Surveyor
n.d.
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Private collection of Erin Waters
Current location unknown (March 2018)
 
LL/81136

84 of 137
LL/62037
Unidentified photographer (American)
A Showing of Daguerreotypes
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
3 1/4 x 4 1/4 ins
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., © Nelson Gallery Foundation
 
LL/62037

85 of 137
LL/111477
Richard Beard
Jabez Hogg and Mr. Johnson
1842-1843
Daguerreotype
 
National Science and Media Museum
Identification no: 1983-50-70
 
LL/111477 [Further details available]

86 of 137
LL/11428
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of a scientist
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
 
LL/11428 [Further details available]

87 of 137
LL/58140
Unidentified photographer
Three carpenters in their workshop
1848-1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
4 1/4 x 3 1/4 ins (10.8 x 8.26 cm), Case (open): 4 3/4 x 7 1/2 ins (12.07 x 19.05 cm)
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of the Hall Family Foundation, © Nelson Gallery Foundation
 
LL/58140

88 of 137
LL/50595
Unidentified daguerreotypist (American)
[Man with Carpentry Tools]
1848 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
6.8 x 5.7 cm (2 11/16 x 2 1/4 in)
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
Object number: 84.XT.1570.2
 
LL/50595

89 of 137
LL/117013
Edward Jacobs
A Young Carpenter
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
 
Chrysler Museum of Art
Museum purchase, gift of George and Christina Kemp, and in memory of Alice and Sol B. Frank, Object number: 2008.4
 
LL/117013

90 of 137
LL/50628
Robert H. Vance [Attributed to]
[Portrait of a Jewelry Salesman]
1853-1854
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
Object number: 84.XT.1565.18
 
LL/50628

91 of 137
LL/50632
Unidentified daguerreotypist (American)
[Portrait of an Unidentified Daguerreotypist Displaying a Selection of Daguerreotypes] / Daguerreotypist (?) Displaying Thirteen Daguerreotypes
1845
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, hand-coloured
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
Object number: 84.XT.1576.1
 
LL/50632

92 of 137
LL/50755
Unidentified daguerreotypist (American)
Portrait of Man in Masonic Regalia
1840s (late)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Pennsylvania State University Library
The Heinz K. and Bridget A. Henisch Collection of the History of Photography, Image No. dag0170
 
LL/50755

93 of 137
LL/104545
Unidentified photographer
Templar Knight in Full Regalia
n.d.
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
 
Cowan's Auctions, Inc
American Historical Ephemera and Photography: Timed Auction, 14 September 2020, Lot: 77
 
LL/104545 [Further details available]

94 of 137
LL/54418
Unidentified photographer
Apothecary, interior view of chemist at work
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Greg French
 
LL/54418

95 of 137
LL/114467
Unidentified photographer (USA)
S. P. Peck Apothecary
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype
 
Art Institute of Chicago
Gift of the Blum-Kovler Foundation, Reference Number: 1970.220
 
LL/114467 [Further details available]

96 of 137
LL/71286
Unidentified photographer
[A man inside a store]
n.d.
Daguerreotype
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
 
LL/71286

97 of 137
LL/71304
Unidentified photographer
[Men working in a fabric store]
n.d.
Daguerreotype
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
 
LL/71304

98 of 137
LL/100949
Emilius J. Randall (American)
Image of a painter
1860 (ca)
Ambrotype, 1/6 plate
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
 
LL/100949 [Further details available]

99 of 137
LL/101365
Unidentified photographer
[Portrait d'homme, en pied, assis, de trois-quarts à gauche, tenant un compas et une règle]
1845
Daguerreotype
 
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
Identifier : ark:/12148/btv1b6902928n
 
LL/101365

100 of 137
LL/111754
Unidentified photographer
The Gaucho
1840s
Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate
 
Private collection
 
LL/111754 [Further details available]

101 of 137
LL/54417
Unidentified photographer (French)
Locomotive engine (no. 15), cars and two men
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company; ex collection of Gabriel Cromer
 
LL/54417

102 of 137
LL/98238
Unidentified photographer
James D. Gay ... Seedsman
n.d.
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Private collection of Erin Waters
 
LL/98238

103 of 137
LL/57620
Unidentified photographer
William Charles Windeyer
1856
Daguerreotype
8.5 x 9.5 cm
 
National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Windeyer family 2009, Accession number: 2009.117
 
LL/57620

104 of 137
LL/59860
Myers
Occupational portrait of a peddler, full-length, standing, facing front, with two bags held at his sides by a harness, neck brace visible between legs
1840-1860
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-4161 (color film copy transparency post-1992) LC-USZ6-2043 (b&w film copy neg. post-1992), Call Number: DAG no. 1189
 
LL/59860

105 of 137
LL/67495
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of an Indian Merchant
1850s
Daguerreotype, hand-tinted
14 x 10.3 cm
 
Howard & Jane Ricketts Collection
 
LL/67495 [Further details available]

106 of 137
LL/59863
Unidentified photographer
Occupational portrait of a carpenter, three-quarter length, seated, facing front, holding hammer and nail, on a chair at his side are a saw, box plane, and measuring device
1840-1860
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-3947 (color film copy transparency post-1992) LC-USZ6-2045 (b&w film copy neg. post-1992), Call Number: DAG no. 1191
 
LL/59863

107 of 137
LL/60704
Unidentified photographer
Sculptor Asa Ames working
1849-1851
Daguerreotype
3 1/4 x 3 3/4 x 5/8 ins
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Collection of John T. Ames (2008). Posted to Facebook by Elliot Conte, "The Daguerreian Society" group, 18 August 2015.
 
LL/60704 [Further details available]

108 of 137
LL/62040
Unidentified photographer (American)
Clown
1850-1855 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
2 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., © Nelson Gallery Foundation
 
LL/62040

109 of 137
LL/62041
Unidentified photographer (American)
Tightrope Walker
1855 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate
5 1/2 x 4 1/2 ins
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., © Nelson Gallery Foundation
 
LL/62041

110 of 137
LL/114506
Unidentified photographer (USA, 19th century)
Untitled (Portrait of William G. Worrell of Welch’s National Circus)
1855
Daguerreotype
 
Art Institute of Chicago
The W. Bruce and Delaney H. Lundberg Collection, purchased with funds provided by The Phillip Leonian and Edith Rosenbaum Leonian Charitable Trust, Reference Number: 2019.540
 
LL/114506

111 of 137
LL/114513
Unidentified photographer (USA, 19th century)
Untitled (Lynn News)
1853
Daguerreotype
 
Art Institute of Chicago
The W. Bruce and Delaney H. Lundberg Collection, purchased with funds provided by The Phillip Leonian and Edith Rosenbaum Leonian Charitable Trust, Reference Number: 2019.571
 
LL/114513

112 of 137
LL/63342
Unidentified photographer (active ca. 1850)
Outdoor scene with miners
1853 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate
 
AMC - Archive of Modern Conflict
Promised gift to the National Gallery of Canada
 
LL/63342

113 of 137
LL/114508
Unidentified photographer (USA, 19th century)
Untitled (Gold Miners in Front of a Pond)
1850
Daguerreotype
 
Art Institute of Chicago
The W. Bruce and Delaney H. Lundberg Collection, purchased with funds provided by The Phillip Leonian and Edith Rosenbaum Leonian Charitable Trust, Reference Number: 2019.498
 
LL/114508

114 of 137
LL/43483
Unidentified photographer
Two officers of the 5th U.S. Infantry taken in Vera Cruz, Mexico
1847, April
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
 
Private collection of Will Dunniway
 
LL/43483 [Further details available]

115 of 137
LL/10953
Unidentified photographer
Carriage driver holding his buggy whip
n.d.
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics
Courtesy of Jeffrey Kraus (D84)
 
LL/10953

116 of 137
LL/6676
Unidentified photographer
Carpenter
1845-1855
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
8.5 x 6.2 cm
 
National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
Courtesy of the National Gallery of Canada (no. 34894)
 
LL/6676

117 of 137
LL/64055
Unidentified photographer
Two carpenters
n.d.
Daguerreotype
 
Private collection of Nigel Maister
 
LL/64055

118 of 137
LL/11411
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of a group of plasters
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
 
LL/11411 [Further details available]

119 of 137
LL/27056
Unidentified photographer
Wallpaper artist
n.d.
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: Feb 21, 2008, 51, part 1 / lot 31)
 
LL/27056 [Further details available]

120 of 137
LL/7626
Unidentified photographer
Editor
1855 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
 
American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Charles T. Isaacs
 
LL/7626

121 of 137
LL/98585
Unidentified photographer
An architect
n.d.
Daguerreotype
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Source unknown.
 
LL/98585

122 of 137
LL/80684
B. Barbour (American, active 1850s)
Jas. D. Robey, Calligrapher, Suncook, New Hampshire
1854
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins (8.26 x 6.99 cm)
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., Object number: 2005.27.549
 
LL/80684

123 of 137
LL/11407
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of a shoe factory model-maker
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
 
LL/11407 [Further details available]

124 of 137
LL/114533
Unidentified photographer (USA, 19th century)
Untitled (Portrait of a Cobbler)
1853
Daguerreotype
 
Art Institute of Chicago
The W. Bruce and Delaney H. Lundberg Collection, purchased with funds provided by The Phillip Leonian and Edith Rosenbaum Leonian Charitable Trust, Reference Number: 2019.529
 
LL/114533

125 of 137
LL/27063
Unidentified photographer
Fruit peddlers in the street
n.d.
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: Feb 21, 2008, 51, part 1 / lot 40)
 
LL/27063 [Further details available]

126 of 137
LL/38855
Richard Beard
Tyrolese singers
1851-1852
Daguerreotype, hand-coloured, enamelled
14 x 10.2 cm
 
Royal Photograph Collection
The Royal Collection ® 2010, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, RCIN 2932501
 
LL/38855 [Further details available]

127 of 137
LL/27055
Unidentified photographer
French priest
n.d.
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
 
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: Feb 21, 2008, 51, part 1 / lot 27)
 
LL/27055 [Further details available]

128 of 137
LL/67467
Southworth & Hawes
Reverend William T. Smithett
1853
Daguerreotype
20.3 x 15.2 cm (8 x 6 ins) (image) 21.9 x 16.6 cm (8 5/8 x 6 9/16 ins) (plate)
 
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Gift of Edward Southworth Hawes in memory of his father Josiah Johnson Hawes, Accession Number: 43.1391
 
LL/67467

129 of 137
LL/53978
Robert Cornelius
[Self-portrait of Robert Cornelius with laboratory instruments]
1843 (ca)
Daguerreotype
 
George Eastman Museum
 
LL/53978

130 of 137
LL/44535
Robert Cornelius
Martin Hans Boyé
1843
Daguerreotype
 
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Record Number: 105, Collection: Cased Photographs Collection [3139]
 
LL/44535

131 of 137
LL/41467
Unidentified photographer
Unknown woman painting a man's portrait, surrounded by art objects
n.d.
Daguerreotype, gold-toned, stereo, right
16.9 x 8.3 cm (whole)
 
Universiteit Leiden, Prentenkabinet
www.daguerreobase.org - Daguerreobase no: PKL-57.0357
 
LL/41467

132 of 137
LL/80009
Unidentified photographer
Stereoscopic image of a female painter, with uncovered upper body; sitting before the painter's easel; holding the painter's palette
1850-1860
Daguerreotype, stereo, left half
 
Private collection of W. & T. Bosshard
Daguerreobase: BOS-2853 1850-1860
 
LL/80009

133 of 137
LL/58132
Unidentified photographer
Woman telegrapher
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
4 1/4 x 3 1/4 ins (image)
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of the Hall Family Foundation, © Nelson Gallery Foundation
 
LL/58132 [Further details available]

134 of 137
LL/59862
Unidentified photographer
Maria Boyd holding a weaving shuttle, half-length portrait, facing front
1840-1860
Daguerreotype, 1/9 plate
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-13975 (color film copy transparency), Call Number: DAG no. 1425 [P&P]
 
LL/59862 [Further details available]

135 of 137
LL/11408
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of a lady
1852 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/9 plate
 
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
 
LL/11408 [Further details available]

136 of 137
LL/7506
Unidentified photographer
Sister of Charity Serving Patient at the Hospice de Beaune
1848 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate, hand-coloured
4 7/8 x 3 9/16 in
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
The J. Paul Getty Trust (84.XT.404.6)
 
LL/7506

137 of 137
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Contents - Themes & Fragments
Anthropology and ethnology - Daguerreotypes: Ethnic: Indians
Architecture - Introduction to architecture
Art - Artists at work
Art - Introduction to art and photography
Art - Paintings and prints based on photographs or vice versa
Art - Photographing art: Sculpture
Artists - Artists at work
Artists - Daguerreotypes: Artists
Artists - Introduction to artists
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Introduction to backgrounds and foregrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Manufacturers and painters of studio backgrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Studio painted backgrounds for daguerreotypes
California - Californian Gold Rush (1848-1855)
California - Introduction to photography in California
Calotypes - W. & F. Langenheim: Calotypes and salt prints
Calotypists - USA - W. & F. Langenheim: Calotypes and salt prints
Celebrities - Daguerreotypes: Celebrities
Charity - Daguerreotypes: Charitable causes
Charity - Fraternal organisations
Charity - Introduction to charity and photography
Christianity - Christianity
Christianity - Nuns
Christianity - Priests, monks, bishops, pilgrims, missionaries, penitents, churchwardens and holy men
Colour - Introduction to hand-painted photographs
Composition - Introduction to backgrounds and foregrounds
Composition - Studio painted backgrounds for daguerreotypes
Consumables - Bread and flour-based products
Crime and punishment - Introduction to crime and punishment
Daguerreotypes - Californian Gold Rush (1848-1855)
Daguerreotypes - Daguerreotype frames
Daguerreotypes - Daguerreotype mats
Daguerreotypes - Daguerreotype photo-jewelry
Daguerreotypes - Daguerreotypes with painted glass passe-partouts
Daguerreotypes - Daguerreotypes: Celebrities
Daguerreotypes - Daguerreotypes: Charitable causes
Daguerreotypes - Daguerreotypes: Ethnic: Indians
Daguerreotypes - Daguerreotypes: Military
Daguerreotypes - Daguerreotypes: Occupations and roles
Daguerreotypes - Daguerreotypes: Occupations and roles of women
Daguerreotypes - Daguerreotypes: Portraits
Daguerreotypes - Daguerreotypes: Scientific
Daguerreotypes - Painted daguerreotypes
Daguerreotypes - Robert Cornelius: Daguerreotype portraits
Daguerreotypes - Southworth and Hawes: Daguerreotype portraits
Daguerreotypes - Stereo daguerreotypes
Daguerreotypes - Studio painted backgrounds for daguerreotypes
Daguerreotypes - W. & F. Langenheim: Daguerreotype portraits
Daguerreotypists - USA - Robert Cornelius: Daguerreotype portraits
Daguerreotypists - USA - Southworth and Hawes: Daguerreotype portraits
Daguerreotypists - USA - W. & F. Langenheim: Daguerreotype portraits
Earliest war photographs (1840-1870) - Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
Events - Californian Gold Rush (1848-1855)
Expeditions and exploration - Introduction to nineteenth century scientific expeditions
Expeditions and exploration - Surveying
Fabricated realities - Introduction to backgrounds and foregrounds
Family life - Shops: Interiors
Fashion - Headwear
Fashion - Photo-jewelry: Lockets
Gender - Daguerreotypes: Occupations and roles of women
Group portraits - Group portraits
Hand-painted photographs - Introduction to hand-painted photographs
Hand-painted photographs - Nineteenth century photograph colouring kits
Hand-painted photographs - Painted daguerreotypes
Head rests and posing stands - Props, accessories and novelties: Head rests - photographs
India - Daguerreotypes: Ethnic: Indians
Interiors of photographic studios - Photographs of the interiors of photographic shops and studios
Jules Verne: Around the World in Eighty Days - Introduction to photography in California
Landscape - Surveying
Marketing - Introduction to marketing
Memory - Introduction to memory
Memory - Picture in Picture
Mexican-American War (1846-1848) - Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
Mexico - Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
Military - Daguerreotypes: Military
Military - Introduction to military portraits
Mining and extraction - Californian Gold Rush (1848-1855)
Mining and extraction - Miners
Mining and extraction - Photography and mining
Non-canonical photography - Non-canonical examples
Non-paper objects - Introduction to photo-jewelry
Non-paper objects - Non-paper objects that incorporate photographs
Non-paper objects - Photo-jewelry: Lockets
Objects incorporating photographs - Introduction to photo-jewelry
Objects incorporating photographs - Non-paper objects that incorporate photographs
Occupational - Blacksmiths
Occupational - Butchers
Occupational - Carpenters, cabinet makers and wheelwrights
Occupational - Daguerreotypes: Occupations and roles
Occupational - Daguerreotypes: Occupations and roles of women
Occupational - Firemen
Occupational - Introduction to occupationals
Occupational - Miners
Occupational - Occupationals of women
Occupational - Policemen and policewomen
Occupational - Priests, monks, bishops, pilgrims, missionaries, penitents, churchwardens and holy men
Occupational - Sailors
Occupations and roles - Daguerreotypes: Occupations and roles
Occupations and roles - Daguerreotypes: Occupations and roles of women
Occupations and roles - Introduction to occupationals
Painting on photographs - Nineteenth century photograph colouring kits
Painting on photographs - Painted daguerreotypes
Patriotism - Flags
Pennsylvania - Introduction to photography in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - Robert Cornelius: Daguerreotype portraits
Peoples of the world - Daguerreotypes: Ethnic: Indians
Photo-jewelry - Introduction to photo-jewelry
Photo-jewelry - Photo-jewelry: Lockets
Photograph frames and easels - Daguerreotype frames
Photograph frames and easels - Daguerreotypes with painted glass passe-partouts
Photograph frames and easels - Photograph frames
Photographers - Photographs of people taking photographs
Photographers - Self-portraits of photographers
Photographic studios - Photographs of the interiors of photographic shops and studios
Photographing art - sculpture - Photographing art: Sculpture
Photographing celebrities - Daguerreotypes: Celebrities
Portrait - Daguerreotypes: Occupations and roles
Portrait - Daguerreotypes: Occupations and roles of women
Portrait - Early examples of portraiture
Portrait - Early stylistic choices with portraiture
Portrait - Introduction to the portrait
Portrait - Robert Cornelius: Daguerreotype portraits
Portrait - Southworth and Hawes: Daguerreotype portraits
Portrait - W. & F. Langenheim: Daguerreotype portraits
Props - Props, accessories and novelties: Head rests - photographs
Religions - Christianity
Retouching, colouring and painting kits - Nineteenth century photograph colouring kits
Rooms and their contents - Studios
Scientific - Daguerreotypes: Scientific
Scientific experiments - Introduction to scientific experiments
Scientists and innovators - Introduction to scientists
Scientists and innovators - Martin Hans Boyè
Self-portraits - Self-portraits of photographers
Social life of photographs - Photograph frames
Stereoviews, stereographs and stereocards - Stereo daguerreotypes
Stereoviews, stereographs and stereocards - Stereoviews: Military
Storage and display - Non-paper objects that incorporate photographs
Storage and display - Photograph frames
Studio lighting - Introduction to studio lighting
Travel - Introduction to travel photography
Urban life - Shops: Interiors
USA - Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
USA - W. & F. Langenheim: Calotypes and salt prints


 
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